After shortage during the 2nd wave, MP installed 163 oxygen plants

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Nov

PRAKSHI RAWAT

Despite a shortfall during the Covid-19 second wave, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved the formation of 163 oxygen plants. After encountering scarcity during the second wave of Covid-19, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that the state had built 163 oxygen plants, providing over 182 mt of life-saving gas per day.

According to the chief minister, oxygen Production plants weren't really available from any of the state's public hospitals in March 2020 (before the Covid-19 pandemic breakout).

"At this time, 163 oxygen plants with a generation capacity of 182 MT per day have been established in various districts of the state," CM Chouhan said in a statement released.

When all 202 oxygen plants within the state are operating, about 230 MT of medical oxygen will be produced daily, he added. “After facing a shortage of life-saving gas as during the second wave of coronavirus, work on all these plants began. The remaining 39 oxygen liquid plants will be build completely in few weeks, according to the CM.

In the state's government medical colleges, a collective storage facility for 360 MT of liquid oxygen is now available.

Other than that, 34 district hospitals within the state are obtaining liquid oxygen tanks, including one with a capacity of 6 kilo liters and a maximum throughput of 248 MT, he said. In addition, 13k oxygen concentrators have been placed in government hospitals and 1,350 in medical Colleges all across the state, according to him. The Centre has indeed donated 3000 more oxygen concentrators. Six new cases of coronavirus have already been detected in MP, taking the total number of infections in the state to over 7 lakh, while the death toll has stayed constant at 10,000, according to health officials. According to them, the Covid-19 recovery count in MP was 7lakh leaving the state with 81 active cases.