PM CARES Fund Trust allocates Rs 202 crore for set up of 162 PSA Medical Oxygen Generation Plants

New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund Trust is allocating Rs.201.58 crores for set up of further 162 devoted Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Medical Oxygen Generation Plants inside public well being services within the nation.
* The complete undertaking price consists of Rs.137.33 crores in the direction of provide and commissioning of the vegetation and Management charge of Central Medical Supply Store (CMSS) and round Rs.64.25 crores in the direction of Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract.
* The procurement shall be carried out by the Central Medical Supply Store (CMSS) – an autonomous physique of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
*A complete of 162 vegetation with complete capability of 154.19 MT are to be put in in 32 States/UTs [Annexure-I].
*The Govt. hospitals the place these vegetation are to be put in have been recognized in session with the States/UTs involved.
*The vegetation have a guaranty for first 3 years. For the following 7 years, the undertaking consists of CAMC (Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract).
*Routine O&M is to be carried out by the hospitals/States. After the CAMC interval, whole O&M shall be borne by the hospitals/States.
*This mechanism will additional strengthen public well being system and allow long run systematic augmentation of medical oxygen availability in a price efficient method. Adequate and uninterrupted provide of oxygen is a necessary pre-requisite for managing average and extreme instances of COVID -19, along with numerous different medical situations the place this want arises. Installation of PSA Oxygen Concentrator Plants in public well being services is a crucial step to scale back the well being facility’s dependence on the system of retailer and provide and to allow these services to have their very own oxygen technology capability. This is not going to solely improve the full oxygen availability pool of the States/UTs, but additionally facilitate offering of oxygen assist in well timed method to sufferers in these public well being services.