On Thursday at 11 am Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation 35 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Plants –including the one that was set up in GB Hospital -established under PM CARES, across 35 States and Union Territories, in an event to be held at AIIMS Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. With this, all districts of the country will now have commissioned PSA Oxygen Plants. Prime Minister will also address the gathering on the occasion, an official communiqué said.
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik will also attend the programme.
Till now, a total of 1224 PSA Oxygen Plants have been funded under PM CARES all across the country, out of which more than 1100 Plants have been commissioned, providing an output of over 1750 MT oxygen per day. It is a testimony of the proactive measures taken by the Government to augment India’s medical oxygen generation capacity since the advent of Covid-19 pandemic.
The project to commission a PSA oxygen plant in each district of the country was executed while dealing with complex challenges of hilly areas, islands and territories with difficult terrain.
The GB Hospital oxygen tank’s one time production will be enough to meet the oxygen demand of 10 to 15 days for the hospital. The present oxygen demand of the GB Pant hospital is close to 70 to 80 cylinders per day. On the other hand, this new plant can produce more than 1,000 cylinders of oxygen. In addition, this cryogenic tank will supply oxygen directly to the patient’s bed
Operations and maintenance of these plants have been ensured by training more than 7,000 personnel. They come with an embedded Internet of Things (IoT) device for real time monitoring of their functioning and performance through a consolidated web portal.
