Tag: oxygen
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
New York hospital sends some ‘borderline’ COVID-19 patients home with oxygen monitors
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NEW YORK: Some coronavirus patients who would have been admitted into the emergency department at a New York hospital are being sent home with an oxygen-monitoring device as the city’s medical system struggles to reserve resources for only the sickest people. The new program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is an examlifestyleple of how doctors are adapting
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
UK PM Boris Johnson in intensive care, needed oxygen after COVID-19 symptoms worsened
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit on Monday (Apr 6) after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, although his Downing Street office said he was still conscious. Britain has no formal succession plan should the prime minister become incapacitated, but Johnson, 55, has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 24, 2020
Italian police recycle oxygen canisters from coronavirus victims
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BERGAMO: Police in the Italian city of Bergamo have brought much-needed help to people suffering from the coronavirus by redistributing oxygen cylinders used by people who did not survive the virus. Bergamo, in the northern Lombardy region, is now Italy’s worst-affected province, with over 6,000 infections. With hospitals overflowing, many sufferers are kept at home, but
