Brazil’s oxygen crisis
Hospitals across the jungle city of Manaus, Brazil, were reported to have run out of oxygen early last year, sending Covid-19 death rates and case numbers soaring.
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Hospitals across the jungle city of Manaus, Brazil, were reported to have run out of oxygen early last year, sending Covid-19 death rates and case numbers soaring.
To help provide essential healthcare to the 80% of people worldwide who live in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), steps must be taken by global industry to develop, scale up, and supply health products.
To help scale-up the undoubtedly critical humanitarian aspect of the medical oxygen supply chain, an unavoidable fact is that business and commercial interests must also be considered. Without investment from public and private stakeholders, the...
Skyrocketing demands for medical oxygen dominated headlines during the worst of the pandemic. With low and middle income countries (LMICs) seemingly hardest-hit, question marks were raised over the global preparedness – or lack thereof –...
Oxygen monographs are used to provide healthcare facilities with a framework for the production of oxygen. With the Covid-19 pandemic exposing weaknesses in not only the medical oxygen supply chain, but also existing technology, new...
The importance of medical gases cannot be understated; from lifesaving respiratory treatment and cardiovascular treatments to anaesthesia mixtures and essential oxygen for pneumonia sufferers, the industry remains at the forefront of innovation, and for good...
Industrial gas company Afrox has seen success for a two-year project to certify Afrox’s Western Cape and Gauten gas production and filling facilities to the FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management Standard (FSMS).
Oxygen equipment manufacturer CAIRE is celebrating a landmark achievement for its portable oxygen technology.
During gasworld’s latest webinar, Medical Gases: A Picture of Health?, hosts Rob Cockerill – Global Managing Editor, and Thomas Dee – Broadcast Journalist, were joined by industry experts Leonardo Daniele Ferrari of the SOL Group,...
NASA, NOVAIR, Air Liquide and Dohmeyer are among the latest names to have joined the mega programme of speakers for gasworld’s Medical Gases Virtual Event 2022 next week.
