Paris: French gas giant, Air Liquide SA, is diverting oxygen supplies in India to hospitals as the country is overwhelmed by a tsunami of COVID-19 positive patients.
Air Liquide is sending most of its liquid oxygen output to the health-care sector and is looking to launch additional supplies from the Middle East, Executive Vice-President, Francois Jackow said.
India set yet another global record for new Coronavirus positive cases on Friday, with reports of bodies piling up at crematoriums and burial grounds. Hospitals in India have reported shortages of beds, medical oxygen and crucial drugs, with one of New Delhi’s premier institutions saying it had less than two hours’ worth of medical oxygen left.
Paris-based Air Liquide earlier this Friday, reported a 10 percent increase in revenue at its health-care division on increasing oxygen demand from clients around the world.
Demand for medical gases soared some 15 per cent in Europe, mostly in the region’s southern countries.
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