“I am not worried about my oxygen supply.” Very few hospital managers in India can say this right now. But at Sangli’s Bharati Vidyapeeth hospital and medical college, dean Dr Shahaji Deshmukh can say this because the hospital had the foresight of investing in sufficient oxygen resources in advance after last year’s Covid experience.
The hospital, run by the Pune-based Bharati Vidyapeeth, currently has three oxygen resources – two liquid oxygen tanks of combined capacity of 19,000 lts, a bank of 130 jumbo oxygen cylinders (each has about 7,000 lts) and another bank of 30 jumbo cylinders dedicated only for Covid patients. It is a 780-bed hospital and 150 beds are dedicated for Covid patients.