The PM CARES Fund will likely be utilised to arrange 551 oxygen era crops in public well being services throughout the nation, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) mentioned Sunday. The crops, which will likely be made operational “as soon as possible”, will guarantee uninterrupted provide of oxygen in authorities hospitals at district headquarters, the PMO added.
The announcement comes at a time when a number of hospitals within the nation have complained of extreme shortages of medical oxygen.
“In line with Prime Minister’s direction of boosting availability of oxygen to hospitals, the PM CARES Fund has given in-principle approval for allocation of funds for installation of 551 dedicated Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Medical Oxygen Generation Plants inside public health facilities in the country. PM has directed that these plants should be made functional as soon as possible. He said that these plants will serve as a major boost to oxygen availability at the district level,” the PMO said in a press launch.
It added that the in-house oxygen era facility would handle “day to day medical oxygen needs of these hospitals and the district”.
The PMO mentioned the PM CARES fund had earlier this 12 months allotted Rs 201.58 crore for set up of extra 162 devoted PSA Medical Oxygen Generation Plants inside public well being services within the nation.