The oxygen supply is sufficient, but 'adjustments had to be made to the infrastructure in some facilities to allow for more access to oxygen for patients'.
The oxygen supply is sufficient, but ‘adjustments had to be made to the infrastructure in some facilities to allow for more access to oxygen for patients’.
He added there had been some concern around infection levels, particularly in Gauteng, because the province had recorded many cases in a short period of time. “Now that’s a new issue that got built in long after we established the number of beds that we needed to prepare,” he said. He added that while there had not been any obstacles regarding supplies in hospitals, adjustments had to be made to the infrastructure in some facilities to allow for more access to oxygen for patients.
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