 The Ministry of Health recently received an ISO tank of liquid oxygen from Martinique to assist with the surgeon in demand for oxygen at the respiratory hospital. The oxygen procured will be used to treat COVID-19 patients at the respiratory hospital. Medical Director at the respiratory hospital Dr. Lisha Eugene Ford says she is related about the boost in oxygen supply given the greater demand for oxygen at the hospital. Oxygen therapy is a very important arm when it comes to treating COVID-19 and over the last few weeks we have noticed an increase in the number of patients that are coming, that are very ill requiring more and more oxygen. It is a very expensive process to allow us to get it. Martinique has the cases as well to deal with. We actually had a boat from Dominica who came across to drop this tank for us and they too have to deal with the cases. So we're asking a solution, do what we need to do, mask up, hand hygiene, isolate, vaccinate. If you have to vaccinate, you need to vaccinate, vaccinate. General Manager of Winwood Island Gas is limited, Lucas Lubin says the fourth wave of COVID-19 has put a strain on their supply of oxygen and therefore must explore options to provide oxygen to the hospital. Normally the hospitals in particular Victoria Hospital would have done say about 240 cylinders of our oxygen in almost two weeks and right now the demand is so high that we end up doing about 240 cylinders per day and right now as of two days ago it has ramped up to 300 cylinders per day. It has put a sort of a strain on our productive capacity and because we do have a plant and as well as we do import oxygen to compensate for any differences and as a result of that significant demand and so that we had to maintain supplying the hospitals, we ensured that we had more tanks to be able to supply the hospitals in particular Victoria Hospital. The purchasing of the ISO tank of liquid oxygen was made possible through the efforts of the government of Saint Lucia, Winwood Island Gas is limited and the government of Martinique. Reporting from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, I am Fennel Neptune.