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KNH faces shortage of oxygen, halts surgeries

Kenya Health professionals Covid-19 mitigation center at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi on April 06, 2020. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

The Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has indefinitely suspended planned surgeries following an acute shortage of medical oxygen.

KNH has attributed the cancellation of operations to the surge of Covid-19 patients in need of medical oxygen in the third wave of the pandemic.

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