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A notebook and battery beside a home oxygen concentrator near a darkened window.

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With 38 Minutes of Concentrator Power Left, Her Niece Called 911

A winter outage cut power to Ruth’s oxygen concentrator. The warming center could not support medical equipment, so her niece tracked the batteries in a notebook until staying home was no longer possible.

Maya Ellison · September 5, 2026 · 7 min

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