Breathing life into medical oxygen

Covid-19 has taken at least 18 million lives by some accounts, and it is anyone’s guess how many of those deaths were due to a lack of medical oxygen. Governments don’t want to talk about the issue, because that could mean admitting that thousands — or even hundreds of thousands — of their citizens died unnecessarily. But unless health systems take steps to ensure a sufficient supply of oxygen in the future, they will be risking a repeat of the past two years. While high-income countries are already working to secure their supplies of medical oxygen, many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC…

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