Ludhiana: In the midst of the possibility of a third covid wave, three oxygen plants in the government hospital are expected to be ready in the next 10 days.
The district government also received approval for two other oxygen plants.
During the second surge, it was challenging for administration to meet oxygen demand.
American Handmol Himanshu Gupta, which monitors the determination of oxygen plants in hospitals, “three oxygen plants respectively at Ludhiana Civil Hospital, Mother and Child Hospital (MCH), Vardhman, and Sub-Divisional Hospital (SDH), Raikot – It is likely to be installed in 10 days.
Two more oxygen plants have also been allocated to UCHC (Public Health Center) in Jawaddi and SDH, Khanna.
We hope to get plants allocated for Covid care centers operated by the government in Rara Sahib through donors.
“” One ” The oxygen plant is being installed in a private hospital with the help of industrial organizations.
Two private hospitals show interest in their installation, “he added.
District administrative officials said two 1,000-liter plants per minute (LPM) appeared in civil hospitals and ESI hospitals in Ludhiana, which were being sent by the central government and peripheral expenditure, including the manufacture of plant bases, DG sets and electrical connections.
, is being carried out by the government of the Punjab of state disaster assistance funds.
They added four factories being installed through Donation: LPM 250 factory in Raikot SDH, 100 LPM at Vardhman MCH, 100 LPM in Samrala SDH and 500 LPM in a private hospital here, which is being funded by CII.
“This plant uses natural air according to the latest technology that is different from oxygen cylinders and liquid medical oxygen used previously.
UCHC, Jawaddi, the plant will have a capacity to make 165 LPM and SDH, Khanna, from 300 LPM,” said Raikot HR.
Officials said plants in SDH, Raikot were delayed because of the crisis of Nabha’s power crisis as a Nabha official official, who had to install it, busy.
As now, Ludhiana’s civil hospital has a 700 LPM oxygen factory.
His style says 1,000 LPM factories that appear in that place are expected to meet peak demand.
“It is important to make arrangements for adequate infrastructure and trained staff at the hospital, ahead of the possibility of the third wave,” said President Ludhiana Ima Dr.
Saroj.
Aggarwal.