"It is really stressful to work in this condition," says Dr Mahamud whose patients are dying because of a lack of oxygen
There are no official figures available showing a rise in preventable deaths, but many low-income countries are struggling to access oxygen supplies amid surging coronavirus cases, and limited or no access to coronavirus vaccines. "Now that a third wave of the pandemic has arrived in Africa, populations are again at risk. Since 1 June 2021, the oxygen needed to treat Covid-19 patients in Zambia has increased five-fold to 50,000 cubic meters, and three-fold to 12,000 cubic meters in the Democratic Republic of Congo.A study published in the Lancet last month suggested more than half of the Covid patients that died in 64 hospitals in 10 African countries were not given oxygen.
"And because of the high production pressure, the plants break down worsening the shortage," said Dr Menbeu Sultan, chair of Ethiopian Society of Emergency Medicine Professionals."And lorries carrying oxygen cylinder have to travel hundreds of kilometres to reach such places and in some cases it is too late for patients who urgently need the gas.
They have all had the chance to develop their own industries but prefer to be corrupt and scrounge from other nations, if the will was there in the first place all these countries could be really profitable and stand on their own feet.
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