The European Union is sending, through the Civil Protection Mechanism, 250 oxygen concentrators to treat Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in Romania, reports Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management."The European Union stands by Romania during the wave of Covid-19 cases in this country.Through the Civil Protection Mechanism, the EU is sending 250 oxygen concentrators to treat patients with severe symptoms," says a message sent on Twitter by Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management.Your cookie settings do not allow the content of this section to be displayed.You can update the cookie module settings directly from the browser or from here - you need to accept social media cookiesThe commissioner says 200 of the devices come from rescEU (European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid) stockpiles in the Netherlands and 50 from Poland.The concentrators requested by Romania will be taken over by the Department for Emergency Situations and then distributed to the hospitals that need them.The remediation of possible damage or malfunctions of the concentrators offered as part of the request for international assistance will be carried out by the beneficiary health units, according to a decision of the National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU).At the same time, CNSU approved the purchase of 500 high-capacity oxygen concentrators, to deal with the increased need for oxygen for COVID patients in hospitals.Read also: Cîțu: The purchase of Tocilizumab, delayed since April, hospitals did not receive oxygen concentrators.The culprits in MS to answerInterim Prime Minister Florin Cîțu made public, on Friday, more information from the investigation on how the 4th wave was prepared. He stated that the information shows that the purchase of Tocilizumab was delayed since April, that the hospitals requested oxygen concentrators but they did not receive a response, and in some counties the ambulances requested for home COVID testing arrive even 5 days late.Cîțu asked that those guilty of such situations answer.Follow Digi24.ro news and Google News