CALOOCAN CITY, June 6 (PIA) — Public Works and Highways Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark A. Villar today announced that by the end of June, the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City will have additional 66 rooms for the management and treatment of COVID-19 patients. Secretary Villar.
Government to set up temporary hospitals with 10,000 oxygenated beds near industrial units
A pilot for five such facilities had already been initiated, and there is good progress on this, the government said, adding that this is being accomplished through PSUs
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A view of the beds kept inside a COVID-19 special hospital ready to serve facility at Nehru Science Centre in Mumbai. (Photo| ANI) By PTI
NEW DELHI: The government expects to make 10,000 oxygenated beds available in a short period of time by making temporary hospitals near industrial units which produce oxygen of requisite purity to boost the supply of the life-saving gas to fight COVID-19.
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The government expects to make 10,000 oxygenated beds available in a short period of time by making temporary hospitals near industrial units which produce oxygen of requisite purity to boost the supply of the life-saving gas to fight COVID-19.
Following multiple meetings held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday to review the COVID-19 situation, a statement said the government HAS also explored the feasibility of conversion of existing nitrogen plants to produce oxygen, and various such potential industries where the existing nitrogen plants may be spared for production of oxygen were identified.
After a meeting on the usage of gaseous oxygen, the government noted that many industries like steel plants, refineries with petrochemical units, industries using rich combustion processes and power plants among others have oxygen plants that produce gaseous oxygen.