The Department of Health (DoH) has conducted a survey on oxygen requirements of hospitals, saying it aims to prevent shortage of the product that happened in India as the country reels under the tidal wave of Covid-19 cases.
Workers move oxygen tanks in Quezon City on May 6, 2021. Sen. Richard Gordon wants the Philippine Red Cross to have its own medical oxygen plant that could supply hospitals in the country. Some unscrupulous businessmen were reportedly jacking up the price of the product amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the country. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE