The hospital management revealed that there are 195 severe to critical patients admitted to the treatment unit projecting a sharp increase from 21 patients admitted as of May 18.
According to a statement by the hospital management, the facility has turned to private firms such as Oxygas, Roofing and Steel and Tube to source medical oxygen.
Mulago purchases 100 cylinders of oxygen daily.
However, plans are underway to establish another oxygen plant at the facility within two weeks.
Dr Baterana Byarugaba, the Mulago hospital director, said one Covid-19 patient requires about 70 litres of oxygen per minute yet the four plants at the hospital can only produce 2,083 litres per minute.
Read more: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/covid-oxygen-crisis-worsens-in-mulago-3438284
