Hyderabad: With the second covid-19 wave of the official and official sigh, administrative staff, College of India (ASCI) said it was time for regulatory mechanisms to control the price of medical devices placed.
Also, hospitals must be asked to submit the ‘double backup plan’ for oxygen, while the national oxygen grid must be explored.
“Cargo flights must be sent to friendly countries to obtain oxygen concentrators.
The oxygen concentrator bank must be made from which patients in house isolation can borrow.
The government must develop a long-term plan and build a large-scale oxygen storage capacity.
In this direction, creation The national oxygen grid must be explored, “ASCI Health Care Management Center Dr.
Subodh Mandamutan.
It is also determined in a report prepared by ASCI along with the Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Telangana Council.
The need for PSU IOCL oil to play its role in strengthening the oxygen supply chain by building a long-term liquid oxygen capacity of India has been emphasized.
“IOCL, in convergence with the Ministry of Transportation and Highway, oil companies and other state institutions and states must monitor the allocation, delivery, and oxygen acceptance.
The government must provide an oximeter to all patients recovering from house isolation,” said the report.
Experts, meanwhile, say that when infrastructure upscaling, the important thing to remember, is to ensure that no white elephants are created.
“Because this kind of emergency can come once in a decade or more, we need to make multipurpose infrastructure.
For example, plants that can be enrolled quickly and can produce oxygen and nitrogen and this plant must be strategically located in the places needed.
Also, when Making oxygen grids, it is important to ensure that geographically balanced.
At present, the majority of plants are based in the eastern part of the country and therefore we see a scenario where oxygen must be flown, “said Dr.
Ranga Reddy Burri, Professor, Medical Sciences School, said the University of Hyderabad, said University of Hyderabad.