Everest and COVID-19: Why don’t operators donate their oxygen to hospitals in Nepal?

This short post is partly speculative (as are a lot of things about the 2021 Everest season). It will raise more questions than it answers, but now is the time to ask.

First off, I have neither a medical nor an engineering background, so I would welcome thoughts from anyone who has.

First, some background. As you will know if you read my previous post, the 2021 Everest season has gone ahead despite the global pandemic. It has coincided with a major second wave of COVID-19 across India and Nepal....