Thread by @epigiri

What is needed now?
Multiple Temporary hospitals providing TIMELY oxygen supplementation to as many people with mild respiratory distress (poor oxygen saturation) to save many lives. Otherwise, most of them go into severe distress and it becomes that much difficult to help.
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-Use any building to place beds or rapidly construct.
- Have the facilities for triage, isolation
- Oxygen saves lives, have lots of it
- Engage as many health care workers, students & volunteers. Provide them honorarium
- Have many ambulances ready to refer immediately

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Most people with severe distress will occupy ICU beds for many days. ICU beds are limited, More people with mild oxygen insufficiency will deteriorate further due to lack of oxygen & are at risk of dying. This vicious cycle has to be broken by temporary hospitals + oxygen.
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There is some evidence from scaling up of temporary scaling up of institutional or home-based oxygen support showing benefit from
China dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20…
Singapore doi:10.7326/M20-4746
Los Angeles: doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.3990
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Dedicated oxygen war rooms in Kerala can be a good model to help people to find oxygen at the nearest place.
It is important to collaborate and onboard volunteers and IT platforms to offer help nearer to homes.

https://twitter.com/vijayanpinarayi/status/1387960891916787716?s=20

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