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Covid: Amid Omicron scare, medical oxygen infrastructure augmented in Delhi

Amid a spike in Omicron cases, the Delhi government has ramped up medical oxygen infrastructure to ensure availability of the life saving gas, according to official data. The government has also procured 6,000 D-type cylinders. One D-type cylinder can hold 46 litres of oxygen. Such cylinders were not available in the city till May 31. The data showed that the Delhi Transport Corporation has over 9,115 cylinders in its possession. The city also has Pressure Adsorption plants that have a capacity of producing 99.66 metric tonnes of oxygen. There were no such facilities in Delhi till May 31. The government will also be installing four more plants by January 5, 2022. Two cryogenic bottling plants with capacity of 12.5 metric tonne will be commissioned this week, and these will have the capacity to refill 1,400 jumbo cylinders in a day. Till May 31, the government had three refillers that could fill about 1,500 cylinders per day. The national capital has been seeing a surge in coro

Covid-19: Goyal holds review meeting on medical oxygen preparedness

The supply of oxygen for medical purposes was enhanced almost 10 times from 1,000 tonnes per day in December 2019 to 9,600 tonnes per day in May this year

Railway coaches to Ayush clinics, India keeps beds ready with Omicron rise

The mainstream infrastructure has already been pushed into action, with hospitals now working to ramp up their Covid wards.

Centre to train at least one 'Oxygen Steward' in each district nationwide

The initiative aims to empower all healthcare workers engaged in Oxygen management and administration with the essential knowledge and skills

Commissioned 10 PSA oyxgen plants in J'Khand, says Tata Steel Foundation

Tata Steel Foundation on Friday said it has commissioned 10 state-of-the-art Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants at various locations across Jharkhand.

Probe panel slams Goa hospital for O2 shortage, Oppn stages walkout

A committee appointed to probe oxygen-related deaths in Goa Medical College, has slammed the hospital authorities for lackadaisical attitude and not doing enough to augment oxygen supply

Festival cheer and beyond: Admirable sangfroid in the face of negative news

The government's recent spate of programmes should be expected to generate some momentum, but the macro-economic numbers are not encouraging, notes T N Ninan

Modi inaugurates 35 PSA oxygen plants established under PM CARES fund

With this, all districts of the country will now have commissioned PSA oxygen plants, the PMO has said

Second wave of Covid-19 spawns black mkt for oxygen, drugs: Survey

Black marketing during the second wave of Covid-19 meant that a large number of people had to pay a lot more than the actual rate to access health care facilities

PM Modi chairs high-level Covid meet, urge states to ensure O2 availability

States are being asked to maintain a buffer stock for drugs used in management of COVID-19, mucormycosis, MIS-C at the district level

Fresh curbs, lockdown will depend on oxygen demands: Maharashtra govt

The state government on Wednesday clarified that fresh curbs or lockdown-like measures would be considered only if the demands for liquid medical oxygen crosses 700 tonnes daily

Amethi has become self-reliant in medical oxygen production: Smriti Irani

Irani, on a two-day visit to her parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, inspected a trauma centre in Jagdishpur.

Raktim Chatterjee takes initiative with Durgapur steel plant to prevent oxygen Scarcity

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Elon Musk's SpaceX says liquid oxygen supplies hit due to Covid-19

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's space company SpaceX faces shortage of liquid oxygen that is used to power its Falcon 9 rockets because of increasing demand in hospitals treating patients with Covid-19

L-G again rejects Delhi Govt's panel to probe deaths due to oxygen shortage

Anil Baijal has again rejected the Delhi Government's request to set up a panel to investigate the deaths due to alleged oxygen shortage during second wave, Manish Sisodia on Friday

IIT Kanpur goes for commercial production of O2 concentrators

Transfers indigenous tech to Bengaluru based manufacturer

Delhi govt again sends file on panel to probe oxygen-related deaths to LG

The Delhi government has again sent the file on the formation of a high-level committee to probe oxygen-related deaths in the city during the second Covid wave to LG Anil Baijal, Manish Sisodia said

Oxygen shortage deaths: Sisodia claims Centre gave 12-14 hrs to file data

The Centre gave only 12-14 hours to the Delhi government to furnish data on deaths due to oxygen shortage during the second Covi-19 wave, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday

Maha CM inaugurates oxygen plant, says state on way to self-sufficiency

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday inaugurated in online mode an oxygen plant in Mira Bhayander area of Thane district.

SC seeks govt's report on recommendations of National Task Force on Oxygen

Supreme Court asked the Centre to submit the action taken report within two weeks on the recommendations of court-appointed National Task Force on allocation of oxygen to states and Union Territories