An oxygen refilling station at VICASA Steel JSC in Dong Nai province (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Several owned by the Vietnam
Steel Corporation have been supplying oxygen and oxygen cylinders for free to
to meet the rising demand for treating .
Three companies in the south have been instructed by the
corporation to work with local health departments to supply oxygen, cylinders
and other equipment to help fight the pandemic.
One of them, VICASA Steel JSC in Dong Nai province, has been
refilling oxygen for free at the Thu Duc Field Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City and
Dong Nai Department of Health, and it is likely to rise to 100 cylinders of 40
litres per day.
It has also lent 175 cylinders to various hospitals.
The Southern Steel Company Limited in Ba Ria – Vung Tau province
has lent nearly 200 40-litre cylinders to a local medical centre and Thu Duc city’s
Le Van Thinh Hospital.
The Thu Duc Steel JSC in HCM City has supplied 150 cylinders to
Le Van Thinh Hospital, and set up a refilling station to support mobile medical
units that can provide 300 cylinders a day.
The Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association has been calling on
businesses to donate oxygen to medical facilities and 400 mobile medical
stations.
Other steel businesses across the country are also setting up
refill stations or are prepared to supply large quantities of oxygen when
needed.
HCM City has been the COVID epicentre with more than 309,000
cases since the fourth wave began a few months ago.
It is currently monitoring more than 100,000 patients in
hospitals or at home.
Demand for oxygen for treating patients is on the rise, with the
rate of patients needing oxygen being around 9.5 percent on average in the
country, according to the Ministry of Health.
The Air Force has been instructed by the Ministry of National Defence to
maintain oxygen production to supply HCM City hospitals./.
Source: VietnamPlus
