Patna: Towards the threat of omicron soaring in the country, the country drives mocking from all pressure swing plants (PSA) in Bihar on Thursday to ensure their functionality and readiness to provide oxygen in an emergency.
Countries can now produce more than 490 metric tons of oxygen per day through various techniques.
Sanjay Kumar Singh, Executive Director of the State Health Community, issued instructions on artificial drills in response to the direction from the center.
He stated that the Nodal officer was ordered to run the PSA factory for six hours and monitor everything carefully, including pressure, pipe leakage, and problems with the delivery of oxygen to the bed.
The details of the mock drill will be submitted on Fridays because of a large number of columns that need to be filled, but officials have stated that they do not anticipate big problems.
During the previous test, 118 of 125 PSA functions, and 111 can take oxygen to bed without obstacles.
Responding to the question of the capacity of the Bihar oxygen generator, Singh stated, “According to the calculations made on December 6, the capacity of the state oxygen generator is 489 metric tons per day.
During the second wave peak, 377 metric tons needed.
Now, if we add 30% to it , we will need 490 metric tons.
We added two more PSAs after calculating December 6, and it was certain that we have now exceeded a capacity of 490 metric tons.
“Singh added that 62 of the PSA factory was established under PM funds considered, 10 by the unit The public sector is under the Ministry of Oil and Gas, and the remaining 55 is established by state governments and other organizations, including couples by individuals.
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Apart from the PSA factory, the state maintains 13 tanks cryogenic and more than 6,000 oxygen concentrators to meet the requirements of the state oxygen.
People also use oxygen cylinders purchased from the market.
There are only a number of air separation units in the state, which removes nitrogen from the air while leaving oxygen in it.
Nine more tests COV + VE: The country reported nine new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, from 1.58,222 samples tested.
In the same period of time, 13 people recovered from Covid and the number of active cases declined to 82.
Patna had four new cases, followed by Aurangabad, Darbhanga, Sheikhpura, Siwan, and style.
The total now stands at 7.26.405, but 7.14,228 has recovered and 12,094 has died as a result of Covid-19 in the state.
Meanwhile, more than 3.51 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine vaccine were given on Thursday, bringing the total state to more than 9.54 crore doses.