<p>The World Health Organization on Sunday called for a safe corridor through Poland to deliver critical medical aid to Ukraine and warned that hospital oxygen supplies in the country were dangerously low.</p>.<p>WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Europe regional director Hans Kluge said oxygen supplies were "nearing a very dangerous point" and that most hospitals could exhaust their reserves within the next 24 hours, putting thousands of lives at risk.</p>.<p>The WHO is working to deliver oxygen cylinders and liquid from regional networks, they said, adding that the supplies would need "safe transit, including via a logistics corridor through Poland".</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/eu-says-need-to-prepare-for-millions-of-refugees-from-ukraine-1085726.html" target="_blank">EU says need to prepare for millions of refugees from Ukraine</a></strong></p>.<p>"It is imperative to ensure that life-saving medical supplies -- including oxygen -- reach those who need them," they said in a joint statement as Moscow's incursion into its neighbour reached its fourth day.</p>.<p>The disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prevented trucks from transporting oxygen from plants to hospitals, which have also suffered power shortages.</p>.<p>Medical oxygen generator manufacturers are also facing a shortage of zeolite, a mainly imported chemical product essential for producing medical oxygen.</p>.<p>Concerns have grown over a looming humanitarian crisis as hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians flee to neighbouring countries or become internally displaced.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>The World Health Organization on Sunday called for a safe corridor through Poland to deliver critical medical aid to Ukraine and warned that hospital oxygen supplies in the country were dangerously low.</p>.<p>WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Europe regional director Hans Kluge said oxygen supplies were "nearing a very dangerous point" and that most hospitals could exhaust their reserves within the next 24 hours, putting thousands of lives at risk.</p>.<p>The WHO is working to deliver oxygen cylinders and liquid from regional networks, they said, adding that the supplies would need "safe transit, including via a logistics corridor through Poland".</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/eu-says-need-to-prepare-for-millions-of-refugees-from-ukraine-1085726.html" target="_blank">EU says need to prepare for millions of refugees from Ukraine</a></strong></p>.<p>"It is imperative to ensure that life-saving medical supplies -- including oxygen -- reach those who need them," they said in a joint statement as Moscow's incursion into its neighbour reached its fourth day.</p>.<p>The disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prevented trucks from transporting oxygen from plants to hospitals, which have also suffered power shortages.</p>.<p>Medical oxygen generator manufacturers are also facing a shortage of zeolite, a mainly imported chemical product essential for producing medical oxygen.</p>.<p>Concerns have grown over a looming humanitarian crisis as hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians flee to neighbouring countries or become internally displaced.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>