Chief Epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health Sudath Samaraweera today (27) stated that there will be sufficient oxygen supply for COVID patients in hospitals for the coming six months. He said that the two companies supplying oxygen to the hospitals have informed the Ministry of Health that they can provide an adequate supply of oxygen for the next six months. Meanwhile, the Director General of Health Services Asela Gunawardene also said that the reports circulating on lack of oxygen supply in hospitals were false. The Mulleriyawa Hospital today said that while there is a lack of approximately 70 oxygen cylinders within the premises for the administration of it to COVID patients, they affirmed that there is enough oxygen supply available to the patients.

Source: The Nation April 27, 2021 07:18 UTC