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Oxygen plant expensive to maintain, says report

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Siaya County oxygen processing plant which generates oxygen for covid-19 patients at Siaya County referral hospital. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the growing need for oxygen by Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients led to many counties building oxygen plants.

For instance, a Sh14 million oxygen plant was factored into the Moi Referral Hospital by Taita Taveta County.

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