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In the midst of the crisis installed in the Amazon health system, with the lack of beds and oxygen for patients with covid-19, the Civil and Military Police seized 33 oxygen cylinders that were hidden in a truck, in the Alvorada neighborhood, in the zone. west of Manaus, yesterday afternoon. An anonymous notice reported the strange movement in the truck, which was stopped at the scene, and cylinders for private vehicles were being recalled.
The 38-year-old driver was arrested for withholding products for speculation, according to the SSP-AM (Secretariat of Public Security of Amazonas). His name and the name of the carrier were not released. The man will be at the disposal of Justice.
According to data from the government of Amazonas, the state faces problems with lack of oxygen due to the high demand for hospitalizations of patients with covid-19 who need the help of oxygen cylinders to breathe. “Between March and May, there was a maximum consumption of 30 thousand cubic meters / day. Today there are more than 76 thousand, an increase of 150%,” he reported.
SSP-AM reported that of the 33 cylinders seized, 26 were loaded with oxygen. During the interrogation, the man justified that he has a company that sells oxygen cylinders, but “he feared that the population would invade the establishment in search of the material and decided to remove it from the site.” He also reported that the cylinders had been filled on Wednesday (13).
The seized materials were sent this afternoon to hospital units in Manaus ”, informed Police Chief Bruno Fraga, director of the Interior Police Department.
Last night, the civilian police transferred the seized oxygen cylinders to four state health units. Eleven were transferred to Hospital Beneficente Português. Six went to the Amazonas State Oncology Control Center Foundation, six to the São Raimundo SPA (Emergency Service) and three to the Coroado SPA.
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Two Military Police cars, with eight Rocam military policemen (Cândido Mariano Ostensive Rounds), escorted 150 oxygen cylinders that arrived at the Eduardo Gomes International Airport, in Manaus, to be used in the treatment of patients with covid-19. 80 cylinders will go to hospital units located in the interior of the state.
The material arrived yesterday afternoon and was transferred to the CEMA (Central de Medicamentos do Amazonas), located in the Praça 14 neighborhood, in the southern part of Manaus. The 150 cylinders belong to the White Martins company.
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