Scarce medical oxygen worldwide leaves many gasping for life

Edited by Ed Newman
2020-06-25 17:40:43

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Brussels, June 25 (RHC)-- As the coronavirus spreads, soaring demand for oxygen is bringing out a stark global truth: Even the right to breathe depends on money.  In much of the world, oxygen is expensive and hard to get - a basic marker of inequality both between and within countries.

In wealthy Europe and North America, hospitals treat oxygen as a fundamental need, much like water or electricity.  But in poor countries, from Peru to Bangladesh, it is in lethally short supply. 
 



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