Home and Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that 60 oxygen plants will be set up in the state with the support of the Central Government.
- Chandigarh, May 5: Home and Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that 60 oxygen plants will be set up in the state with the support of the Central Government. These plants will be set up in various government hospitals in the state with bed capacity of 30, 50, 100 and 200 beds.
- The Health Minister was inspecting the oxygen plant installed in the Civil Hospital of Ambala city on Wednesday. He said that in addition to this, oxygen production plants will be started in Panchkula, Faridabad and Hisar in the next 2-3 days. He said that the production of oxygen will start immediately from the oxygen production plant set up at the Civil Hospital in Ambala. Six oxygen plants have been installed in the state and production at oxygen plants installed im Karnal and Sonipat has already started. Along with this, work is going on to ensure that government hospitals of the state are self-sufficient with regard to oxygen.
- Sh. Vij said that along with DRDO, other agencies are also working proactively in this regard.The civil work in this regard has been given to the National Highway. Furthermore, instructions have been given to the concerned agencies to finish civil work within the next seven days so that the production of oxygen can be started at a fast pace.
- Sh. Vij said that all the private hospitals have been asked to set up oxygen production plants by changing rules as per their needs. This work should be done at the earliest. Some big hospitals, can work to set up plants as per their scheduled time so that people do not have to face shortage of oxygen in any area. If a private hospital will not set up an oxygen plant, strict action will be taken against them, he added. He said that a quota of oxygen was allotted to the state, though the state was arranging oxygen, but is facing a problem in getting tanker to get oxygen from Odisha as tankers are unable to lift the entire quota. He also held a meeting with all the concerned officers in this regard. He further added that wherever possible oxygen tankers should be imported from abroad so that a supply chain of oxygen from Odisha can be continued.
- Sh. Vij said that two tankers of 1,000 litres capacity of liquid oxygen will be installed in the Civil Hospital and Cantonment Hospital of Ambala city. He said that work is going on in this regard and will be completed at the earliest. On the occasion, Prof. Jogendra, who played a pivotal role in setting up the plant, said that the work of oxygen production plant will start from today itself.
- This would produce oxygen equivalent to 40–45 large oxygen cylinders per day. Such an arrangement had been made that this oxygen reaches the patient’s bed directly.
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