Supreme Court forms National Task Force for transparent oxygen allocation
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12-member team to go beyond present crisis, prepare road map for transparent budgeting with States
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COVID-19 patients receive free oxygen provided by a Sikh organisation at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad on May 8, 2021.
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12-member team to go beyond present crisis, prepare road map for transparent budgeting with States
The Supreme Court has constituted a 12-member National Task Force to streamline and ensure the “effective and transparent” allocation of liquid medical oxygen on a “scientific, rational and equitable basis” to States and Union Territories fighting COVID-19.
The panel will provide inputs, based on members scientific and specialised knowledge, to meet others challenges to have been raised by the pandemic.
The Secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is among the 12 members while the Convenor of the National Task Force will be the Cabinet Secretary to the Centre.
Other members include leading doctors from Delhi hospitals, Vellore s Christian Medical College, Bengaluru s Narayana Healthcare and Mumbai s Fortis Hospital.
Here s the list of 12-panel members:
1. Dr Bhabatosh Biswas, former Vice-Chancellor, West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kolkata
2. Dr Devender Singh Rana, Chairperson, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi