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Anxiety as oxygen plants in Nakuru, Siaya break down

Hewatele Oxygen plant operator Kevin Onyango refills Oxygen cylinders at the plant at Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital (PGH) on March 31, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph,Standard]

There was panic in various health facilities in Nakuru and Siaya counties after two plants that supply them with medical oxygen stopped production after their machines malfunctioned.

The two plants, belonging to a firm called Hewatele, stopped production of oxygen for about four hours on Monday night.

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