New Delhi: Amid the scarcity of oxygen within the hospitals throughout the nation throughout the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Defence Ministry has determined to airlift 23 cell oxygen technology crops from Germany that can be deployed within the Armed Forces Medical (*23*) (AFMS) hospitals catering to the sufferers.
These oxygen producing crops have a capability to provide 40 litres of oxygen per minute and a couple of,400 litres an hour and might cater to 20-25 sufferers around the clock at this fee, based on the Union Defence Ministry.
These crops, that are simply transportable, are anticipated to reach in India inside every week.
In one other vital choice, the Union Defence Ministry is giving an extension to Short Service Commissioned Doctors in AFMS until December 31, 2021 to tide over the present surge in medical companies. This will increase the energy of AFMS by 238 extra medical doctors.
Earlier on April 20, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in a big choice directed the armed forces and different stakeholders to go forward with the procurement of vital medical necessities beneath emergency powers of procurement.
The Defence Minister, who held a digital assembly to overview the preparedness of the Ministry of Defence and armed forces to cope with the latest spike in Covid-19 instances throughout the nation, additionally requested them to assist civilian administration to tide over the present scenario.
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The Defence Ministry’s transfer comes as India recorded over three lakh instances for the second straight day on Friday with a number of hospitals reeling beneath scarcity of medical oxygen and beds in view of the unprecedented surge in Covid-19 instances.
