Ukraine hospitals could run out of oxygen supplies in 24 hours as war disrupts health services
Many people have been hospitalized due to Ukraine and Russia's war. Ukrainian hospitals could run out of oxygen supplies in the next 24 hours as Russia’s invasion disrupts transportation across the country, putting thousands of more lives at risk.Trucks are unable to transport oxygen supplies from plants to hospitals around the country, including the capital, Kyiv, which faced a barrage of Russian missile attacks overnight. The U.N. warned us of a new Covid contagion as hundreds of thousands of people flee the Russian invasion. Ukraine has faced a surge of omicron Covid infections, with cases rising a staggering 555% between Jan. 15 and Feb. 25. Another Covid outbreak combined with increasing numbers of people injured in the war would put even more pressure on Ukraine’s already stretched health system and economic issues they are already going through. As Ukrainians are trying to flee, they are also bringing COVID with travel to other countries such as Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. Everyone knows what COVID did the first time to the economy, nobody needs it again.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/27/ukraine-hospitals-could-run-out-of-oxygen-supplies-in-24-hours-who-says.html
It is interesting note how conflicts of this severity have profound impacts on the region not only economically, but medically as well.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I've seen Covid factored into the Russian invasion of Ukraine and It's very interesting to see that there is a surge of Omicron cases as a result of people fleeing.
ReplyDeleteI am interested to see what Ukraines next steps will be to hospitalize both covid-19 patients as well as injured people from the war. It is important that they do not run out of oxygen in their hospitals not only for these patients but for cancer patients and patients of many other diseases. The movement of oxygen will be critical.
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see how world leaders will respond to Ukraine's needs during war time. It is interesting to see how Elon Musk has taken a role in the war efforts by helping increase internet services. Many countries have also helped with providing military supplies as well. Covid could also play a huge role as we may see spikes as Ukrainians flee the country.
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