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Plant for COVID hospital

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Dr Frank Anthony health authorities allenged with was of oxygen for the hold close to 200

with Dev and the ter was contacted and as such it was ould be done. e plant is ready but to Guyana. We on ments where we are se things together, but it’s the logistics of getting the plant into Guyana,” Dr. Anthony said.

The minister was asked how much having an oxygen generating plant on site would save the ministry to which he said that they will have to do the calculation but stated that it would go a significant way in assisting the COVID-19 facility.

Dr Anthony told the press conference, “On average we have about 120 patients there, in some cases we have had 30 to 35 persons in the ICU and normally a patient would require on average about 15 litres of oxygen per minute so this here is going to help us tremendously once we’re able to put it in place.”

The plant is reportedly set to occupy approximately 512 square feet at the Liliendaal facility. According to the organizations, the plant will work 24 hours per day and as such an engineer from India will be commissioning it and also facilitating training.

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