Delhi Forms 6-Member Panel to Assess COVID-19 Deaths Due to Lack of Oxygen The committee would draw up objective criteria to award compensation, limited to a maximum of Rs 5 lakhs in each case, the order said.
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New Delhi: The Delhi government has formed a six-member committee to assess cases of COVID-19Â patients who recently died due to lack of oxygen in the national capital for grant of compensation up to Rs 5 lakh, an official order said on Thursday.
According to the order, the committee will check whether the oxygen was being used properly at the hospital as per the norms.
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Liquid oxygen is being offloaded from a truck to an Oxygen storage facility.
In view of the increased medical oxygen capacity in the national capital, 8 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Generation plants are being installed in Delhi by the support of PM CARES Funds. These plants would enhance capacity of medical oxygen by 14.4 Metric Tonnes.
Of the eight PSA Plants to be installed in Delhi, one Plant in Burari Hospital, Kaushik Enclave has already been installed on March 17, 2021.
Four plants, one each at Deen Dayal Upadhya Hospital, Lok Nayak Hospital, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital Rohini & Deepa Chand Bandhu Hospital Ashok Vihar, are expected to be completed by April 30, 2021.
A total of eight pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plants are being installed in Delhi through the PM CARES Fund. This development comes at a time when hospitals treating Covid-19 patients in the national capital are struggling for medical oxygen.