Tag: Oxygen plants

  • Salaar makers arrange two oxygen crops, 20 oxygen mattress facility in Mandya

    Production home Hombale Films is doing their bit amid the pandemic. They not too long ago arrange two oxygen crops and a 20 oxygen mattress facility in Mandya, Karnataka at an estimated value of Rs 2 crore.
    Hombale Films has additionally made a contribution of Rs 35 lakh in direction of members of Telugu Film Chamber.
    On the work entrance, the manufacturing home is presently bankrolling two mega tasks – KGF: Chapter 2 and Salaar with Yash and Prabhas, respectively.
    While KGF 2 is prepared for launch, Salaar has accomplished solely 10 days of shoot up to now.

  • All 86 of Railways COVID hospitals set to have oxygen vegetation: Ministry

    All 86 of railways’ COVID hospitals will quickly have oxygen vegetation of their very own, the nationwide transporter mentioned on Tuesday.
    A press release from the ministry mentioned that it was planning huge capability enhancement in 86 railway hospitals throughout India which have been recognized as COVID hospitals. While 4 oxygen vegetation are already practical, 52 have been sanctioned and 30 are underneath varied levels of processing.
    “All railway COVID Hospitals to be equipped with oxygen plants,” it mentioned.
    General managers of zonal railways have been delegated additional powers as much as Rs 2 crore in every case for sanctioning oxygen era vegetation, it mentioned.
    A sequence of measures have been initiated for the remedy of rail staffers and their households. The variety of beds for COVID remedy have been elevated from 2,539 to six,972. The ICU beds in COVID hospitals have been elevated from 273 to 573.
    Invasive ventilators have been added and their quantity has been elevated from 62 to 296.
    “Constant efforts are being made to add critical medical equipment like BIPAP machines, oxygen concentrators, oxygen cylinders etc in railway hospitals. The railways have also issued instructions that COVID affected employees may be admitted to empanelled hospitals on referral basis as per need,” it said.
    “This massive capacity enhancement in railway hospitals would usher in better infrastructure to handle medical emergencies,” the railways mentioned.
    Around 2,000 railway staff have to date misplaced their lives to COVID with about 1,000 getting contaminated day by day, based on official knowledge. So far, round 4.32 lakh rail staff have been vaccinated.

  • From oxygen provide to crew bubbles, India Inc steps as much as combat Covid wave

    WITH THE nation preventing its worst Covid unfold to this point, alongside inadequacies in healthcare system, India Inc shouldn’t be solely working in direction of enhancing the remedy infrastructure comparable to oxygen provide, drug availability and provide of beds, however can be working in direction of conserving manufacturing institutions working by following pointers, creating crew bubbles, and utilizing expertise.
    A prime official with Confederation of Indian Industries, who’s a part of the crew co-ordinating conferences of the CII members on Covid-related developments, mentioned over the past couple of days, the business physique has recognized 100 firms throughout the nation that both manufacture or use oxygen of their crops and have been requested to divert oxygen for the healthcare wants of their states.
    “Steel plants need a lot of oxygen for steelmaking and several steel manufacturers have come forward and are now reducing their oxygen requirement and are diverting the same for the healthcare requirements within their state. The oxygen producing companies too are ramping up their production,” a CII official mentioned.
    Naushad Forbes, co-chairman, Forbes Marshall, mentioned within the dialogue with the Maharashtra Chief Minister on Saturday, the business got here ahead to assist in any means attainable. “Steel plants and large petrochemical plants that have large oxygen generating facilities will now provide medical use oxygen. While not all facilities can generate them, the modern ones can do so and they have already started doing that. I think that over the next few days it should be able to cater to the requirement.”
    The head of one other business physique mentioned that whereas ramping up of oxygen plant is a quite simple course of, “clarity is needed on who will buy, what quantity and at what price,” and that can assist the trigger. “Just like pricing was fixed for Remdesivir, pricing needs to be set for Oxygen cylinders too and that would help in enhancing its production,” he mentioned.
    Keeping crops working and lowering uncertainty round livelihood
    Industry insiders say that manufacturing setups had massive studying from final years expertise when individuals misplaced jobs resulting from closure of crops or enterprise institutions and migrant employees have been compelled to hit the street together with their households.
    Everything has been much less reactive this time, says Forbes, lauding on the governments response of not going for a whole lockdown and permitting manufacturing exercise to proceed.
    Stating that whereas coverage initiatives have been way more affordable this time and manufacturing has continued with deal with security, even the business has reacted in a greater means. “They are taking care of their employees unlike last year when they acted differently and went for cost cutting and did not look after their employees and the contracts. The companies are also setting up quarantine centres to take care of their employees and workers and not burdening the hospital infrastructure with that,” mentioned Forbes.
    A senior official at CII mentioned that the business doesn’t need lockdown and need the factories to run because it disrupts livelihood. “The broader sense among manufacturers is that the workers are safer on the shop floor than outside. Company’s want to keep their factories running and are asking office employees or service related staff to work from home,” mentioned a CII official.
    Large manufacturing items which have massive townships have created a bubble round themselves in a bid to maintain the entire township free from contamination. An official with Reliance Industries mentioned that the entire township is being stored contamination free and all provides are being monitored earlier than it will get inside.
    Several firms have shaped set of groups and have stored them in bubbles in order that one crew doesn’t are available contact with the opposite.
    “Companies are using artificial intelligence and RFID to keep track of their employees in the plant. They are also taking care of their families and communities and ensuring that the workers are tested every 2-3 days and also encouraging them to get vaccinated if they are in the qualifying age,” mentioned a senior official with an business affiliation.
    Many really feel that studying from Covid in 2020 has ready the business to cope with the scenario higher this time round and the measures that they’ve adopted this time round is making certain that the migration disaster seen in 2020 shouldn’t be repeated.
    A senior official with Maruti Suzuki mentioned that whereas there was some affect on manufacturing resulting from problems with uncooked materials provide, “we have not seen the issue of workers leaving for their home towns as of now as the plant is operational. We do not see a repeat of migration and reverse migration that was seen last year.”
    Kuldeep Janghu, president, Maruti Suzuki Kaamgar Union mentioned that the Manesar plant is working easily and there aren’t any points that employees are dealing with. All areas within the Manesar plant are sanitised, employees are carrying masks and the vaccination of workers above 45 years has been organised within the plant premise solely. He additional added that the majority crops within the Manesar space are working high quality and there’s no seen migration situation that we’re witnessing this time round.
    Even as firms are focussing on security measures, the business feels that authorities ought to permit vaccination of people underneath 45 years of age as majority of employees within the crops are within the age bracket of 25 to 45.
    Besides giant firms, even MSME employees are stating put as of now because the crops are operational and there’s no risk to livelihood.

    “Last year the major migration issue was of construction workers and daily wagers. All those who were employed with large companies or even MSMEs were relatively fine except for those in sectors including restaurants, handicraft or garment industry where the workers are piece-wagers. This time around the situation is far better as there is not full scale lockdown and transport hasn’t stopped. However, the situation is evolving and a 2-week lockdown announcement could create panic among daily wagers,” mentioned Anil Bhardwaj, secretary basic, Federation of Indian MSMEs (FISME).

  • Oxygen plants will be installed in all medical colleges in Chhattisgarh; Preparation to increase 100 beds of HDO

    In view of the increasing cases of corona in Chhattisgarh, the battle has also been intensified. The state government has decided to set up oxygen plants in all medical colleges and increase 100 beds in High Dependency Unit (HDO). It can cost from Rs 80 lakh to Rs 1.5 crore to set up a plant. Tenders will be done in 5 days for this.

    After the review meeting of Kovid-19 Hospitals in the Circuit House, Health Minister TS Singhdev said that the oxygen plant of Raipur Medical College will be updated. At the same time, oxygen plant will be set up in 9 medical colleges of the state. It also includes three newly formed medical colleges. At the same time the number of ventilators will also be increased.

    Arrangements were divided into 10 sections, on one IAS responsibility,
    Health Minister Singhdev told that arrangements have been divided into 10 sections to fight Kovid-19. This includes hospital beds, ambulances, food and other facilities. The responsibility of each section is given to an IAS officer. Those who meet daily will overcome the shortage. At the same time, 30 beds of HDO are available in the district hospital and 100 beds in the medical college.

    Kovid-19 beds for 19 patients

    • There are 29 Kovid Hospitals and 186 Covid Care Centers in the state.
    • 19 private hospitals are also treating Kovid patients. It has 1304 beds.
    • Kovid hospitals have 2775 General, 406 ICU and 370 HDU beds.

    Medical officers will be recruited for 300 posts

    On the instructions of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, the Finance Department of the state has agreed to recruit medical officers for 300 posts. Health Minister Singhdev said that these posts of health services were vacant. Advertisement has also been released for this. Health Department officials said that now there will be 30270 beds for the patients.