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November 2, 2020 | From City of New Orleans

City Relocates One of Three Oxygen Tank Exchange Sites to New Orleans East

NEW ORLEANS — Due to low demand, the New Orleans Health Department, in coordination with the New Orleans Fire Department, has relocated one of three oxygen tank exchange locations from NOFD Station 1 at 2920 Magazine St. to NOFD Station 36 at 5401 Read Blvd. in New Orleans East. 

 

The New Orleans Health Department and the Louisiana Department of Health are working with residents who are power dependent for medical reasons. As part of this initiative, the City will be opening Oxygen Exchange sites across the city, where residents who are on oxygen can swap out an empty tank for a full tank, free of charge. The following locations will open at 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.:

• New Orleans Fire Station 27, 2118 Elysian Fields Ave.
• New Orleans Fire Station 36, 5401 Read Blvd.
• New Orleans Fire Station 40, 2500 General DeGaulle Dr.

If you need oxygen and cannot get to any of these sites, call the Special Needs Registry at 504-658-2558. Visit ready.nola.gov for more information.

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