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Oxygen crunch exposes potential 'crisis'

by DERRICK PERKINS
Daily Inter Lake | December 15, 2020 7:00 AM

Two patients consuming unsustainable amounts of oxygen at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center last week underscored the strains the pandemic has placed on rural hospitals and the local health care system.

Both patients were treated with what is known as high flow oxygen, meaning they receive 60 or more liters of the gas a minute...

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