Hewatele to inject Sh378m to double oxygen production as Covid fuels demand

Medical oxygen cylinders are arranged inside a truck at Hewatele in Nairobi on August 4, 2021.PHOTO | REUTERS

Kenya's oxygen production firm Hewatele is doubling production this year to keep up with surging demand from hospitals that are treating critically ill Covid-19 patients, the company said.

Demand for the commodity has more than doubled to 880 tonnes from 410 tonnes before the pandemic, the ministry of health said, causing a steep shortage due to lack of installed capacity.

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