Sao Paulo (Brazil): There is a severe shortage of oxygen for patients suffering from Corona Virus infection in Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon region of Brazil, called Lungs of the Earth. , And due to the heavy burden on the local health infrastructure, arrangements are being made to send many patients infected with the coronavirus to other states.
The administration has said that due to the shortage of oxygen tanks, many people are unable to find a place in hospitals. Doctors in the city of Manaus, with a population of about 20 lakhs, now have to decide which patients should be treated.
At the same time, there are queues for the cremation of dead bodies in a Cemetery in the city. Due to infection in Manaus, 2500 native ethnic people living in the nearby area have also increased the risk of getting infected. Vanda Ortega, a nurse, said 29 people were found infected last week.
“We are very concerned,” said Ortega of the Vitoto community. Anarchy has spread in Manaus. Even oxygen is not available here. ” Due to the increased burden on hospitals, patients have to wait longer. Some cylinders of oxygen were supplied on Thursday but by then many people had lost their lives.
“I am grateful to the governors (from other states) who have offered help,” Amazon Governor Wilson Lima said Thursday at a press conference. He said, “Whenever there is a problem, the whole world looks at us because Amazon is called the lungs of the earth. Now we are asking for help. Our people need oxygen. “
The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world and the region borders nine countries. There are an estimated 390 billion trees in these rain forests, which are divided into 16,000 species. In Manaus, several videos surfaced on social media about the issue of scarcity of essentials including oxygen cylinders, hospital beds, and lack of treatment, after which the governors and mayors of other states offered help.
Vice President of Brazil, Hamilton Mourao, tweeted that the Air Force has delivered oxygen cylinders and other essentials for Manaus. Federal prosecutors in the city have asked a local judge to appeal to President Zaire Bolsonaro for help. The governor blamed the White Martins Company for the lack of oxygen.
The company said that the demand for oxygen cylinders was increasing and there were problems in supply. The company said that due to the remote area, supply in Manaus is facing difficulties because the consignment has to be delivered either by boat or by air.
