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New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Union Minister of Petroleum and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday inaugurated SAIL's second COVID care hospital with 200 beds equipped with gaseous oxygen at Durgapur Steel Plant.
Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates 200-bedded Jumbo COVID Care Facility in West Bengal ANI | Updated: May 19, 2021 22:10 IST
The Minister of State for Steel Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Babul Supriyo, South Asansol MLA Agnimitra Paul, and SAIL Chairperson Soma Mondal were among those present in the virtual ceremony.
As per an official press release, Pradhan spoke on the occasion, lauded the steel sector for rising to the occasion, by fulfilling the majority of the requirements of liquid medical oxygen of the country. He said that the steel plants have shown IspatiIrada. The steel plants reduced usage of gaseous oxygen to increase the production of liquid medical oxygen (LMO). He said that in the first wave of COVID, the peak demand was less than 3000 metric tonnes (MT) per day, which has surged to about 10,000 MT per day now, out of which over 4000 MT is being provided by the steel plants, inc
SAIL to set up 2,500 beds with oxygen facilities to meet surging demand amid pandemic
Aiming to ramp up facilities to meet the growing demand for beds owing to the spike in Corona virus cases in the country, Maharatna company Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is planning to set up jumbo medical facilities of about 2,500 beds with the support of gaseous oxygen (GOX) for Covid treatment.
This is in addition to the facilities currently available at SAIL s five integrated steel plants at Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Bokaro (Jharkhand), Rourkela (Odisha), Durgapur and Burnpur (West Bengal).
These jumbo facilities are being planned outside the existing hospital facilities, and shall have oxygen support through a dedicated gas line drawn directly from the steel plants instead of extracting gaseous oxygen from liquid medical oxygen, as is being done in SAIL s own hospitals.
COVID-19: PM Modi reviews usage of gaseous oxygen for medical purposes
Around 10,000 oxygenated beds can be made available in a short period of time by making temporary hospitals near industries which have plants which produce gaseous oxygen.
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The prime minister also reviewed the progress on construction of pressure swing adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen generation plants.
In order to ramp up the supply and availability of medical oxygen amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a meeting to review the usage of gaseous oxygen for medical purposes.