Steel company supplies oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients
Several steel companies owned by the Vietnam Steel Corporation have been supplying oxygen and oxygen cylinders for free to medical facilities to meet the rising demand for treating COVID-19 patients.
An oxygen refilling station at VICASA Steel JSC in Dong Nai province (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Several steel companies owned by the VietnamSteel Corporation have been supplying oxygen and oxygen cylinders for free tomedical facilities to meet the rising demand for treating COVID-19 patients.
Three companies in the south have been instructed by thecorporation to work with local health departments to supply oxygen, cylindersand other equipment to help fight the pandemic.
One of them, VICASA Steel JSC in Dong Nai province, has beenrefilling oxygen for free at the Thu Duc Field Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City andDong Nai Department of Health, and it is likely to rise to 100 cylinders of 40litres per day.
It has also lent 175 cylinders to various hospitals.
The Southern Steel Company Limited in Ba Ria – Vung Tau provincehas lent nearly 200 40-litre cylinders to a local medical centre and Thu Duc city’sLe Van Thinh Hospital.
The Thu Duc Steel JSC in HCM City has supplied 150 cylinders toLe Van Thinh Hospital, and set up a refilling station to support mobile medicalunits that can provide 300 cylinders a day.
The Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association has been calling onbusinesses to donate oxygen to medical facilities and 400 mobile medicalstations.
Other steel businesses across the country are also setting uprefill stations or are prepared to supply large quantities of oxygen whenneeded.
HCM City has been the COVID epicentre with more than 309,000cases since the fourth wave began a few months ago.
It is currently monitoring more than 100,000 patients inhospitals or at home.
Demand for oxygen for treating patients is on the rise, with therate of patients needing oxygen being around 9.5 percent on average in thecountry, according to the Ministry of Health.
The Air Force has been instructed by the Ministry of National Defence tomaintain oxygen production to supply HCM City hospitals./.
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An oxygen refilling station at VICASA Steel JSC in Dong Nai province (Photo: VNA) 
