BBC World Service Australasia

Business Daily

Factual: Money

The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.

Business Daily: Is Covid causing a shortage of medical oxygen?

Bulletins

GettyImages-1230606812.jpg

19/01/2021 GMT

Is Covid causing a shortage of medical oxygen?

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Is Covid causing a shortage of medical oxygen?

Where does medical oxygen come from and what is the problem with its supply?

Hospitals have been reporting running out of oxygen altogether, with some critical care patients dying as a result. What is the problem with its supply?

Amidst rising Covid infection levels, we're looking at one alarming threat to health services from Brazil to Egypt - a lack of medical oxygen. Hospitals have been reporting running out altogether, with some critical care patients dying as a result. Where does medical oxygen come from and what is the problem with its supply? Ed Butler hears from Mike Grocott, professor of anaesthesia and critical care at the University of Southampton, as well as gas industry consultant John Raquet. Also in the programme, Pakistani comedian Shafaat Ali tells us what it’s like for patients forced to source their own oxygen to survive.  (Picture: A man holds an oxygen tank in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil. Credit: Getty)

BBC World Service

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Business Daily

Is Covid causing a shortage of medical oxygen?

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Australasia

About BBC World Service