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Mzuzu Central Hospital needs oxygen plant

by Martha Chirambo
17/09/2020
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Mzuzu Central Hospital says it needs an oxygen plant as a long-term solution to oxygen challenges the facility is facing amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Currently, the hospital spends K62 000 on each  oxygen cylinder. The hospital uses about 15 oxygen cylinders in its intensive care unit and other wards every day.

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Speaking during the hand over of 32 oxygen cylinders by Chancellor Colleges Mzuzu Corner alumni, the hospital’s chief medical officer John Chipolombwe said procuring oxygen is costly; hence, the need to install the oxygen plant.

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The alumni hand over the oxygen cylinders to Chipolombwe (2nd L)

He said oxygen consumption increased when Covid-19 cases were at their peak as one patient needed two cylinders of oxygen per day.  The hospital admitted 42 Covid-19 cases. 

“Oxygen is in high demand at the isolation centre because Covid-19 is a severe acute respiratory infection,” said Chipolombwe.

Speaking on behalf of Chancellor College Mzuzu Corner alumni group, Mbawaka Mwakhwawa said his team was responding to a call by the hospital on the need for oxygen.

“We mobilised about K2 million to procure 32 oxygen cylinders,” he said.

In their Covid-19 response, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust installed an oxygen plant, which produces over a million litres of oxygen a day for Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre and other facilities in the Southern Region.

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