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The first six patients placed on ventilators at Tygerberg hospital did not survive, and the Western Cape has shifted to using high-flow nasal oxygen treatment on Covid-19 patients as an alternative.                                        Stock photo. Image: 123RF/rawpixel
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Nasal oxygen treatment instead of ventilators sees Covid-19 recoveries at hospital in Cape Town

The Western Cape has shifted to using high-flow nasal oxygen treatment on Covid-19 patients after the first six patients placed on ventilators died at Tygerberg hospital in Cape Town. Head of the provincial department of health Dr Keith…

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