Industrial oxygen is for welding, not Covid patients

A bundle of oxygen cylinders with compressed gas secured on yellow skids in a platform. Blue Oxygen tanks for industry.  [Courtesy]

Not all oxygen circulating in the market is medical in nature, health experts have warned.

Their concerns were raised after some industrial outlets began supplying oxygen as part of CSR activities to bridge the scarcity in most hospitals after the third wave of the coronavirus increased demand for the commodity.