PM to dedicate 35 PSA oxygen plants estd under PM cares to states, UTs
Modi will dedicate these oxygen PSA plants in an event at the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.
Modi will dedicate these oxygen PSA plants in an event at the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.
Lakhs of people died in dearth of medical facilities, shortage of life-saving oxygen and drugs.
The plants are expected to be installed and ready for use in 3-6 months and will continue to be supported for about three years, he added.
Massive Capacity Enhancement is planned in 86 Railway Hospitals across India.
The Oxygen Plant at Shri Kalahasthi near Tirupati is a big plant based on VPSA technology and is capable of generating 16000 litres per minute at 5 bar (direct feed to lines rather than charging).
6,608 Oxygen Concentrators, 3,856 Oxygen Cylinders, 14 Oxygen Generation Plants, 4,330 ventilators/ Bi PAP/ C PAP and more than 3L Remdesivir vials have been delivered/ dispatched, so far.
Speaking on the utility of the oxygen plant, Kejriwal informed that the plant can generate 330 litres of oxygen which can fill 50-60 cylinders, and if used directly, around 33 patients can be treated 24X7.
"With the piping connection and testing ensured through a dry run scheduled for Wednesday, the two plants will start functioning latest by Wednesday evening," it said.
He thanked the Central government for allotting 5 additional oxygen tankers to Delhi and said that within the next one month, the Delhi government will be installing 44 oxygen plants in Delhi, out of which 8 plants will be installed by the Central government.
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