Oxygen supply not affected
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There was no scarcity of oxygen in Belagavi district on Monday, as officers had created buffer stocks well in advance.
The government alerted all government and private hospitals that there will be scarcity up to 20% in the State due to some technical problems in oxygen production units in Ballari. Officers made arrangements accordingly.
“We have enough buffer stocks to handle emergencies,” said Assistant Drug Controller Raghuram Nidavanda.
“Praxair, a private unit, is supply oxygen to major hospitals, including Belagavi Institute of Medical Science, KLE and Lake View. BIMS has its own liquid oxygen plant and there are enough stocks. There is also MSPL that is producing oxygen locally,’’ he said.
Despite the claims by the government about optimal availability, there are still concerns among private hospitals, NGOs and other groups about oxygen scarcity in Belagavi district.As of Tuesday, aroun
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Several non-governmental organisations, industry associations and citizen support groups are working to help people affected by COVID-19 and the curfew in Belagavi.
Some of them are well organised. Concerned citizens from various backgrounds have come together to provide assistance in different ways. They have joined online groups using social media handles.
A WhatsApp group, COVID 19 Response Bgm has been created to establish a gang plank communication system among officers and policy-makers. This group has senior officers including the Deputy Commissioner, the Superintendent of Police and officers from the Health and other departments.
Government circulars and region-specific orders are circulated there, seeking immediate action and coordination between officers.
‘There is enough oxygen available in Belagavi’
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There is no scarcity of oxygen for medical usage in Belagavi district,” Deputy Commissioner K. Harish kumar said here on Friday.
He was speaking at a meeting of officers of the Health and other departments on preparedness to handle the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
He asked members of the district COVID task force and other senior officers to ensure that all government and private health care facilities get enough oxygen at all times.
As of now, there is no scarcity. However, “we should be vigilant and see that no patient in any hospital suffers from oxygen scarcity,” he said.