As many as 551 dedicated pressure swing Adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen generation plants will be set up inside public health facilities across the country.
This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reaction to boost the availability of oxygen to hospitals amid a surge in Covid cases in the country as India battles and oxygen crisis.
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Only 33 of the 162 plants sanctioned earlier have been installed so far while 59 more are expected to be installed by the end of this month and 80 more by May. “We hope that work on 551 new plants will now be done at a much faster speed than the earlier precedents given all states are now wiser by experience of what has happened under the second wave. The economics of scale will also help,” the official said.
Oxygen plants in every district to ensure adequate oxygen availability…
An important decision that will boost oxygen availability to hospitals and help people across the nation. https://t.co/GnbtjyZzWT
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 25, 2021
In-principle approval by #PMCaresFund for installation of 551 dedicated Medical Oxygen Generation Plants inside public (Govt) health facilities at district level.
Earlier this year allocated Rs.201.58 Cr for162 dedicated Medical Oxygen Generation plants.https://t.co/J9lPKR9mXr
— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) April 25, 2021
Only 33 of the 162 plants sanctioned earlier have been installed so far while 59 more are expected to be installed by the end of this month and 80 more by May. “We hope that work on 551 new plants will now be done at a much faster speed than the earlier precedents given all states are now wiser by experience of what has happened under the second wave. The economics of scale will also help,” the official said.
