Airgas Provides Medical Oxygen Equipment to Haitian Relief Effort

Airgas, Inc., the largest U.S. distributor of specialty gases and equipment, has pledged its support to Partners In Health (PIH), an international health care organization that works in 12 countries to deliver quality health care to people and communities devastated by joint burdens of poverty and disease. Although PIH has served Haiti for more than 20 years with its medical and community programs, the group has realized an urgent need to help those affected by the earthquake on January 12, 2010.
Airgas has provided essential equipment to bring medical grade oxygen to hospitals in Haiti through PIH. The company donated 100 cylinders that will allow all of the nine hospitals supported by Zanmi Lasante in Haiti to store and refill supplies of medical oxygen. Airgas is also building an oxygen manifold that can link cylinders together to provide oxygen to multiple patients at a time.
Further, Airgas called on its partner, Essex Industries, to join them in donating 100 medical oxygen regulators. These invaluable pieces of equipment allow physicians to control the flow rate of oxygen when administering to patients.

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