Total available production capacity of oxygen has been increased to 9,200 tonnes by converting high purity industrial oxygen to medical oxygen within a month, said Siddharth Jain of Inox Air Products
No Shortage Of Oxygen In Country; Use It Judiciously: Govt
The country is grappling with a raging second wave of the pandemic with lakhs of patients and their family members anxiously scouring for oxygen beds in hospitals, cylinders, medicines and other medical facilities. File photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-05-03T19:17:36+05:30 No Shortage Of Oxygen In Country; Use It Judiciously: Govt outlookindia.com 2021-05-03T19:20:06+05:30
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Amid reports of medical oxygen supply shortage in India, the Centre said Covid patients, especially in hospitals are being given oxygen, however, it should be used judiciously. Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Piyush Goyal said, “Oxygen is available in adequate quantity in the country and efforts are being made to transport it to hospitals in the shortest possible time.
Narendra Modi, Amit Shah directly involved in augmenting oxygen supply, Centre tells Supreme Court
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An affidavit spanning over 200 pages said the Centre “is augmenting the oxygen supply on a war-footing, evolving and implementing innovative measures”.
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Relatives of COVID-19 patients wait outside an oxygen-filling centre to refill cylinders at Naraina in New Delhi on April 27, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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An affidavit spanning over 200 pages said the Centre “is augmenting the oxygen supply on a war-footing, evolving and implementing innovative measures”. The government has informed the Supreme Court that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are “directly involved” in augmenting the oxygen supply on a “war-footing”.
To combat the growing demand for oxygen in the country, India has reached out to various countries to procure containers and oxygen cylinders under operation Oxygen Maitri
Centre asks Indian embassies to explore options on importing oxygen
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India’s current production of oxygen is 7,000 tonnes, which turned inadequate after the demand surged following the second wave of Covid-19. The demand was about 700 tonnes for the liquified gas per day till last year, when it rose to 2,800 tonne after the pandemic. Currently, it is well over 5,000 tonnes.
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The Centre has asked Indian embassies to explore options on importing oxygen. A communication to this effect has been sent to Indian embassies in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, Italy and UAE, according to people in government.