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Kisumu to set up Sh50m oxygen production plant as Covid-19 cases rise

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Business Daily | by Victor Raballa


Kisumu County will purchase a Sh50 million oxygen generation plant to boost treatment of Covid-19 patients amid a spike in cases.

Acting Health Chief Officer Greggory Ganda said the plant will be shipped from the US and installed at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital next month.

Kenya is suffering from an acute shortage of medical oxygen in hospitals as severe Covid-19 cases threaten to overwhelm the healthcare system. Demand for oxygen for Covid-19 related emergencies has more than doubled to about 880 tonnes from…

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