New Delhi: Two of the five medical oxygen plants to be set up in and around Delhi by DRDO and its industrial partners are now being installed at the AIIMS Trauma Centre and RML Hospital.
The other plants at the Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College and AIIMS, Jhajjar (Haryana) will also be set up this week. “These medical oxygen plants (MOPs) are designed for a flow rate of 1,000 litres per minute (LPM). The system can cater to 190 patients at a flow rate of 5 LPM and charge 195 cylinders per day,” said a DRDO official on Tuesday.
The five MOPs are part of the overall plan to establish 500 such plants at hospitals in different parts of the country within the next three months from the allocations made by the PM Cares Fund, as was announced by defence minister Rajnath Singh earlier.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will set up five oxygen plants, out of the total 500 planned, in and around Delhi by this weekend, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. These plants are to be installed at AIIMS Trauma Centre, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML), Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College and one at AIIMS, Jhajjar, Haryana, the ministry stated. India is struggling with the second wave of the coronavirus infection as hospitals in several states are reeling under a severe shortage of oxygen, drugs, equipment and beds. The Defence Ministry said that as per its schedule, two of the aforementioned five plants reached Delhi on Tuesday and were being installed at AIIMS and RML Hospitals, respectively.
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Emergency aid continue coming into country from various countries
Around 40 lakh items, comprising medicines, oxygen cylinders and masks, received in foreign aid have been distributed to 38 institutions and hospitals, mostly run by the Central government in 31 States and Union Territories, according to a statement issued by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. Amid the second wave of COVID-19, with over 3 lakh cases being reported daily, India for the first time in 17 years decided to accept foreign aid.
PM-Cares allocates funds to install 500 oxygen plants in India in 3 months
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PM-Cares allocates funds to install 500 oxygen plants in India in 3 months. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 4 : The PM-Cares has allocated funds for the installation of 500 medical oxygen plants across the country within three months, considering the rising demand for the life-saving gas in the wake of the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The order for the installation of the medical oxygen plants was placed on April 24, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHF) said on Tuesday.
DRDO plants at RML Hospital, AIIMS to be ready by today
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Plants to start functioning by evening; 3 more to come up
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Plants to start functioning by evening; 3 more to come up
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is setting up Medical Oxygen Plants (MOP) at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital and will be ready by Wednesday evening. These are the first two of the five MOPs to be established in Delhi and Haryana within this week.
“The installation of the MOP at AIIMS and RML Hospital has already started and is likely to be completed by tonight [Tuesday night],” a statement by the Press Information Bureau said on Tuesday. With the piping connection and testing of the plant ensured through a dry run scheduled for Wednesday, the two plants will start functioning latest by Wednesday evening, it stated.