Over 550 oxygen generation plants to be set up in govt hospitals through PM Cares Fund: PMO
As many as 551 devoted stress swing Adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen generation plants will be set up in public well being services throughout the nation to increase the provision of the life-saving fuel amid reviews of its scarcity in a number of locations battling the COVID-19 surge. The PMO stated on Sunday that the PM Cares Fund has given in-principle approval for allocation of funds for his or her set up, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi directing these plants ought to be made purposeful as quickly as doable.
He stated these plants will function a serious increase to oxygen availability on the district degree.
These devoted plants will be established in recognized authorities hospitals in district headquarters in varied states and union territories, and their procurement will be achieved through the Health and Family Welfare ministry.
The PM Cares Fund had earlier this 12 months allotted Rs 201.58 crores for the set up of a further 162 devoted PSA medical oxygen generation plants inside public well being services in the nation, the PMO famous.
It stated the fundamental purpose behind establishing PSA oxygen plants at authorities hospitals in the district headquarters is to additional strengthen the general public well being system and make sure that every of those hospitals has a captive oxygen generation facility.
Such an in-house captive oxygen generation facility would deal with the day-to-day medical oxygen wants of those hospitals and the district.
In addition, the liquid medical oxygen (LMO) would function a top-up to the captive oxygen generation, it stated.
Such a system will go a great distance in making certain that authorities hospitals in districts don’t face sudden disruption of oxygen provides and have uninterrupted entry to it to handle COVID-19 sufferers and different sick individuals needing such assist.
India is fighting a second wave of the pandemic with greater than 3,00,000 day by day new coronavirus instances being reported in the previous few days, and hospitals in a number of states are reeling underneath a scarcity of medical oxygen and beds.
(With PTI inputs)
