Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda has announced a donation to the tune of Shs230 million to provide 6,528,000 litres of medical oxygen to four regional referral hospitals. The donation will boost the capacity of the medical facilities to meet the high requirement for oxygen therapy by COVID-19 …
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Paris, France | AFP | As the coronavirus pandemic bears down on vulnerable nations in Africa and South Asia, experts say there are only weeks to help fill chronic shortages of what medics need to help people breathe. Not ventilators, but oxygen itself. Medical oxygen is a core component of the …
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