Andhra Police traces missing oxygen tanker, saves 400 patients
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Amaravati, May 7 : The Andhra Pradesh Police tracked a missing oxygen tanker and ensured its delivery on time, thus saving the lives of nearly 400 patients on Friday.
A Vijayawada-bound tanker carrying 18 tonnes oxygen from Odisha went missing late Thursday. According to police, the oxygen supply was critical for nearly 400 patients undergoing treatment at the Government General Hospital in Vijayawada. Hospital authorities were waiting for the tanker.
However, the tracking system failed and within minutes, Vijayawada Police Commissioner alerted all the Superintendents of Police who have jurisdiction on the Odisha-Vijayawada route.
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Within minutes after the tracking system failed, police commissioner Battina Srinivasulu alerted all SPs along the way to Vijayawada from Odisha. All police units sprang into action and traced the tanker to a dhaba in the East Godavari district’s Dharmavaram. (Photo: Twitter @APPOLICE100)
VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Police has traced a missing oxygen tanker and brought it to Government General Hospital (GGH) here on Friday. The Vijayawada-bound 18-tonne oxygen tanker went missing late at night on Thursday.
Police create ‘green corridor’ to ensure oxygen tanker reaches hospital on time
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The Vijayawada-bound 18-tonne tanker went missing late on Thursday night
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Police provide green channel to a tanker carrying oxygen from Odisha for COVID-19 patients, in Vijayawada, Friday,
The Vijayawada-bound 18-tonne tanker went missing late on Thursday night
The Andhra Pradesh Police came to the rescue of nearly 400 patients undergoing treatment at the Government General Hospital here on Friday by ensuring that an oxygen tanker reached the hospital on time by creating a “green corridor”.
A Vijayawada-bound 18-tonne oxygen tanker went missing late in the night on Thursday. Nearly 400 patients presently being treated at the Government General Hospital were dependent on the tanker for their survival.