China has increased the medical oxygen supply in the country to meet the surging demand for severe Covid-19 patients of the life-saving gas.
The factories now operate 24 hours a day instead of eight hours, which means more workers are needed.
“Every day they work from 8:00 AM to midnight. Their workload is too large. As employees of brother companies, they had to come and support the company”, Said an employee of Air Liquide Company.
The company was able to rapidly increase production this time because it went through a similar situation in 2020.
But the capacity for oxygen production is the adequate new problem has disappeared.
“The biggest challenge we met last time was transportation since the city was locked down, but this time the problem is a shortage of cylinders. Since the turnover of the bottles is low”, said the company’s Manager.
The manager told the press that unlike three years ago when only a few hospitals in the city were designated for severe Covid patients, now a lot more medical institutions are involved.
“Even community clinics require it, so more tanks are being ordered so there aren’t enough bottles”, the Manager added.
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Local officials quickly ramped up efforts to coordinate resources, also earmark funds, placing rush orders for new bottles.
The cylinder shortage gradually hinders the process. Screwing, rolling, twisting, tightening. After this process, the newly filled tanks will be transferred to 150 medical institutions across the city where it’s hoped they’ll keep more Covid patients alive.
