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Ask HN: Creative ideas to DIY Oxygen Gas cylinders for COVID patients

1 pointsby ahmadhamza19about 4 years ago
This is in regards to current situation in India because of the pandemic. In majority of the cases people are dying because of the unavailability of oxygen cylinders. It would be great if people across the world can share creative, easy ideas to DIY oxygen gas containers.

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jkaabout 4 years ago
It&#x27;s good to want to help. Constructing and using home-made medical solutions is often risky though.<p>It sounds[1] like there are distribution issues for the existing oxygen supplies that regions of India produce.<p>Perhaps additional distribution capacity and redundancy could get more of those supplies to where they are needed, particularly for regions that cannot produce enough of their own.<p>Given that the cryogenic tanks used for distribution (as described in the article) can take months to construct, this could imply that help from neighbouring countries and regions will be important. Perhaps this becomes an awareness-raising, social communication, and co-ordination task.<p>[1] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.indiatoday.in&#x2F;coronavirus-outbreak&#x2F;story&#x2F;explained-why-india-is-facing-oxygen-shortage-during-2nd-covid-wave-1793435-2021-04-21" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.indiatoday.in&#x2F;coronavirus-outbreak&#x2F;story&#x2F;explain...</a>