Ailing patients breathe new vigour into industrial gas suppliers
As industry slumps, big gas suppliers turn to home healthcare services for chronically ill patients
Paris
IN A cluttered suburban apartment east of Paris, health technician Vincent Mallet adjusts a plastic tube delivering oxygen to an elderly man's diseased lungs. Sitting at the dining-room table, Mr Mallet tests the equipment while the patient and his wife recount the daily struggles of living with chronic illness.
In the past, the couple would have made frequent visits to a nearby hospital. With Mr Mallet now spending about an hour a week calibrating a bedside machine and writing a report for the man's doctor as part of his rounds in the town of Fontenay-sous-Bois, those visits have become rare.
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