Most Covid patients don t need it : Centre asks States to use Oxygen judiciously amid shortage
Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Piyush Goyal also appealed to people not to panic about the availability of oxygen as the country has a sufficient stock of the gas.
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A technician refills oxygen cylinder at Gurudwara Singh Sabha in Greater Kailash in New Delhi. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS) By PTI
NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of a record surge in coronavirus cases, the health ministry on Friday said it has asked the states to treat the available oxygen as a critical commodity and undertake an oxygen-consumption audit at all hospitals, including private ones, amid a shortage of the life-saving gas in several parts of the country.
Jumbo Container Covid Hospitals Near Industries In Centre’s Oxygen Plan Jumbo Container Covid Hospitals Near Industries In Centre’s Oxygen Plan The Home Ministry has stressed that steel plants have also raised the production of by-product liquid oxygen so that the demand for the essential public health commodity could be met.
Updated: April 30, 2021 10:26 pm IST
With a steep rise in Covid cases in the second wave, the need for oxygen has gone up significantly.
New Delhi:
The government is planning to set up jumbo container-based COVID-19 hospitals near industries to meet the severe oxygen crisis in the country. The move will help the centre to enhance oxygen beds for Covid patients amid a dire second wave of infections.
Government plans jumbo container based COVID hospitals near industries producing gaseous oxygen
Centre said steel plants have raised the production of by-product liquid oxygen so that the demand for the essential public health commodity could be met.
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NEW DELHI: The government is planning to set up jumbo container based COVID-19 hospitals near industries which produce gaseous oxygen in order to increase the number of oxygen-supported beds amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Piyush Goyal said steel plants have raised the production of by-product liquid oxygen so that the demand for the essential public health commodity could be met.
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India s oxygen hunt has become international with global mobilisation taking place.PHOTO: NYTIMES
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