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Oxygen Mask

for Suffocating

Patients

Vazir Ahmed Khan
Retired Manager
United India Insurance Co. Ltd.

The clouds of COVID menace have not yet vanished, Yet there is emergence of several associated
diseases. The major loss was due to insufficiency of oxygen to the dying patients despite WHO
giving several instructions for prevention of COVID like maintaining social distance and usage of
mask.....

T he clouds of COVID menace have not yet van- these mask another oxygen tablet had to be placed in the

side pocket of the mask near the nose.
ished, Yet there is emergence of several associ-
ated diseases. The major loss was due to insuffi-
ciency of oxygen for the dying patients despite
WHO giving several instructions for prevention of COVID like Oxygen Tablets:
When oxygen can be stored in cylinders for usage there must
maintaining social distance and usage of mask, yet the major be possibility of making oxygen balls like naphthalene balls
loss of death could not be reduced and that was mainly due
which should give the smell of usage of oxygen sufficient to
to insufficiency of oxygen.
satisfy the need of suffocating user. The quality and useful-
ness of oxygen embedded in the oxygen tablets should be
Our society is adorned with eminent scientist, doctors,
engineers and manufacturers yet no successful device in the wisdom of scientists and doctors as per their research.
If such tablets are placed in the mask every day much of
of supply of oxygen was available on necessity and emer-
gency. the problem of the patients would be solved.

Although I'm not an eminent person to suggest any device, However this is a humble submission to our scientist and
in a very humble capacity I had suggested the usage of mask doctors and WHO authorities. I think much of the problem
in supply of oxygen. While some doctors had appreciated of suffocating patients would be solved for running for oxy-
the view but who has time to modify and develop this idea gen cylinders and ventilators and at the same time it will
in the interest of humanity. be a human service for humanity.

My submission is simple. The COVID mask had to be im- I wonder who will wear the cap with the feather of pride
proved in the way that near the nose piece a small pocket for service to humanity, at large.
must be made to keep oxygen producing tablets like the
naphthalene balls which should release oxygen for at least Kindly don't take it as a word of degradation from my side
24 hours and such mask should be a washable and usable to and pardon in the interest of humanity, at this fag end of
be made economical to every poor user. And after usage of my life.

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