Andhra Pradesh unveils new medical oxygen policy
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May 19, 2021 08:34 IST
Aim is to increase capacity from 360 MTs to 700 MTs by setting up 50 PSA plants
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Aim is to increase capacity from 360 MTs to 700 MTs by setting up 50 PSA plants
To meet the rising demand for medical oxygen due to COVID in the State, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday unveiled the “AP Industrial Gases and Medical Oxygen Manufacturing Policy 2021-22”, aimed at increasing the current manufacturing capacity of 360 metric tonnes to 700 metric tonnes. The target is to set up at least 50 PSA oxygen generation plants.
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View: Covid is testing the robustness of the relationship between Centre and statesBy Arun Ram, TOI Contributor
Last Updated: May 15, 2021, 04:25 PM IST
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It’s not that we don’t have laws and guidelines to prevent this anarchy. The Epidemic Diseases Act, enacted in 1897 to deal with the bubonic plague in Bombay, gives special powers to the states and the Centre, but the veto lies with Parliament. ronically, states threaten to invoke the state rules under the Act to deny medical supplies to others.
An allegedly partisan Centre dealing with states that are at war with each other during a pandemic can be a recipe for a bigger disaster.
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