Niger national hospital gets oxygen production unit
Posted by africanpress on May 11, 2008
Publisher; Korir, africanpress@getmail.no source.apa
The public health authorities of Niger on Saturday received a new oxygen production unit with a capacity of 24 bottles per day for the benefit of the national hospital of Niamey (HNN), APA has learnt.
The new equipment cost 75 million CFA francs and has a life span of 10 to 15 years. It will help put an end to imports of oxygen from neighbouring countries.
“This is a very good thing. The issue of oxygen that HNN is suffering was unbearable because we used to import oxygen. But with the new acquisition, our hospital will now be autonomous to the greater benefit of patients”, Dr Issa Lamine, the Niger public health minister told APA.
During the past months, oxygen had become very rare in that nationwide biggest hospital where the only oxygen production unit stopped operating a long time ago.
Technicians explained that the capacity of the new oxygen production unit is three times higher than the previous one and will operate with a simple electricity-supplied mechanism.
The Niamey Hospital, which was built in 1922 by French colonial Governor Jules Brevier, was changed in 1992 into a public utility institution enjoying legal entity and autonomy in management.
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October 7, 2008 at 6:10 am
Thank you for this article. I am looking for the same oxygen producing unit and would like to have more infomation on its manufacturers and its cost. Is it possible to share any information you may have on this?
Thanks a lot!