One Health Trust: Gasping For Air – The Oxygen Shortage Is Still Killing People
Air – it’s our most basic need. It’s far more vital than water, food, or medicine. People can survive just minutes without its most important component: oxygen.
But in much of the world, people struggling to breathe lack access to medical oxygen, a treatment that makes the difference between life and death.
Project Syndicate: Pandemic Or Not, Medical Oxygen Remains Essential
Far too many people died from lack of oxygen during the COVID-19 crisis, and far too many are dying unnecessarily today from other conditions because medical oxygen is not routinely available. Now, the global response to shortages that took shape during the pandemic needs to evolve for the long term.
