Medical Oxygen Demand In This Company Surges Up To 500 Percent

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JAKARTA - PT Samator Gas Area Kudus Raya, Central Java, as an oxygen producer, noted that the demand for medical oxygen from a number of hospitals spread across six districts in Pati Residency has increased by 500 percent compared to the previous year.

"With the surge in demand, it was not able to meet the hospital's oxygen needs because of the priority scale and the problem of time and distribution crisis," said PT Samator Gas Kudus Raya Area Manager Endi Mei Soni as quoted by Antara, Wednesday 30 June

He explained that there was an increase in demand of up to 500 percent, it could be seen from the need for one hospital, which previously only needed 150 tubes per month with a capacity of 6 cubic meters per tube, has now increased to 100 tubes per day.

For the needs of the Kudus Regency itself, between 7-8 tons a day, while the entire working area of PT Samator Kudus Raya reaches 20 tons. The six regencies that are the marketing areas include Kudus, Grobogan, Demak, Jepara, Rembang, Blora, and Pati Regencies.

Regarding the request of the Kudus DPRD to prioritize the needs of hospitals in Kudus, he said, his party is trying to fulfill the gas supply for Kudus Regency, especially now that the Kudus office has a policy that will distribute it directly, whereas previously it was from the factory that distributed it to each hospital.

"Our assets will slowly be added, including the fleet and oxygen stock. This is a time process that will soon be fulfilled, ready to serve and care for the community is our goal. Our basic principle is not a business problem," he said.

In fact, he said, when there was a spike in demand, prices were still the same as before the spike.

It's just that each hospital is expected to support it to take oxygen using its own fleet because previously there have been several hospitals that have done this. Among them is the Aisyiyah Kudus Hospital which started first, then other hospitals both in Kudus and Pati were followed.

His party only has four fleets of trucks with a supply capacity of 100 bottles per truck for a total of 400 bottles. Meanwhile, the current demand is around 600-800 bottles per day, not including liquid oxygen.