{"id":25025,"date":"2021-03-29T19:50:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T19:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=25025"},"modified":"2021-03-29T19:50:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T19:50:17","slug":"cs-kagwe-asks-kenyans-for-help-over-missing-oxygen-cylinders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/cs-kagwe-asks-kenyans-for-help-over-missing-oxygen-cylinders","title":{"rendered":"CS Kagwe Asks Kenyans for Help Over Missing Oxygen Cylinders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Health Cabinet Secretary, Mutahi Kagwe, has said that the country is facing an oxygen crisis in the hospitals due to lack of oxygen gas cylinders as the\u00a0Covid-19 infections and fatalities continue to rise.<\/p>\n<p>He called on Kenyans who are hoarding the much-needed cylinders to immediately release them to the government and avert the looming crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are about 20,000 oxygen cylinders out there in homes and other institutions which are required back in the industry immediately. I appeal to all Kenyans to return oxygen cylinders immediately so that companies can use them to supply oxygen to hospitals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the press, CS Kagwe revealed there is a serious shortage of cylinders and the high cost of purchasing the few remaining in the market.<\/p>\n<article data-align=\"center\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenyans.co.ke\/files\/styles\/article_inner_mobile\/public\/images\/media\/oxygen-cylinders.jpg?itok=MnvF4pHN\" alt=\"Oxygen Cylinder\" width=\"470\" height=\"470\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Medical Oxygen Cylinder used to supply medical oxygen that is high purity oxygen. It is used for medical treatments at Medical facilities or at home.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>\u201cThese cylinders are expensive and the international market is currently squeezed. Supply is a problem. Each\u00a0cylinder costs about Ksh. 40,000. To replace them would require a lot of money. It is an offence to keep the cylinders when we have asked for them under the Public Health Act,\u201d said CS Kagwe.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Health CS, the country has approximately 70 oxygen plants with some of them having broken down and in need of repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Kagwe further stated that the government was\u00a0yet to find spare parts for some of the plants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, the oxygen plant at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) was supplied by the then Slovakian Republic. The country itself does not exist, so how can they even begin repairing that plant,\u201d said Kagwe.<\/p>\n<p>He further cautioned\u00a0that the industry was completely\u00a0stretched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year the total production and requirement for the industry were about 410 tonnes. Around January, this quickly went up to about 560 tonnes. We are now heading to a demand of 880 tonnes which is double what we started with,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kagwe urged both the county and national government hospitals to fast-track the setting up of oxygen piping infrastructure in the wards to avoid situations where a single oxygen gas cylinder is used to take care of one patient at a time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-ad article-ad-3\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1507752217570-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ministry of Health is in talks\u00a0National Treasury to have taxes exempted\u00a0for the supply of oxygen gas cylinders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working with the National Treasury at this moment because of the emergency nature of the requirement for oxygen to see whether we can increase the supply of oxygen cylinders via reduction of some taxes. We are also going to work with the Pharmacy &amp; Poisons Board to fast track certification of gas suppliers keeping in mind the quality,\u201d said Kagwe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Health Cabinet Secretary, Mutahi Kagwe, has said that the country is facing an oxygen crisis in the hospitals due to lack of oxygen gas cylinders as the\u00a0Covid-19 infections and fatalities continue to rise. 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