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Oxygen shortage: India gasping for air as Covid-19 cases surge

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In this edition, we speak to Dr Shrikant Raje, the head of a hospital in Hyderabad. He tells us how his hospital is now using oxygen concentrators as an alternative to liquid medical oxygen (LMO). This as India battles a deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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