HP CM inaugurates oxygen plants at Hamirpur, Chamba
TNN Bureau. Updated: 5/9/2021 4:51:25 PM
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Hamirpur(HP), May 9: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday virtually inaugurated Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Plants at Dr Radhakrishnan Government Medical College Hamirpur and Pt. Jawaharlal Lal Nehru Government Medical College Chamba.
While the plant at Chamba has a capacity of 400 PLM, the plant of Hamirpur has a capacity of 300 PLM.
While inaugurating both the plants from Shimla virtually, the Chief Minister said that both these oxygen plants would ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply to the patients admitted in both these Medical Colleges.
He said that the State Government has taken up the matter of increasing the oxygen quota for the State from the existing 15 MT to 30 MT with the Union Government so as to meet the demand of the state. He said that the Centre Government has already sanctioned 13 oxygen plants for the State.
The Chief Minister claimed that out of the seven plants sanctioned earlier, six plants have been established at Dharamshala, Mandi, Shimla, Chamba, Nahan, Hamirpur and the one at Tanda would be completed soon.
Thakur said that six Oxygen plants sanctioned for the State recently by the Union Government would be set up at Civil Hospital Palampur in Kangra district, Zonal Hospital Mandi, Civil Hospital Rohru and Civil Hospital Khaneri in Shimla district, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar Government Medical College and Hospital Nahan in Sirmaur district and Regional Hospital Solan.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government has also taken up the matter of providing 5000 D-Type and 3000 B-Type oxygen cylinders to the State so as to meet the ever increasing demand of oxygen in the State and to maintain a smooth supply chain of the oxygen.
Jai Ram Thakur said that the PSA plant at Hamirpur would ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply to the 30-bedded fully dedicated Covid ward established in Dr RPGMC Hamirpur at a cost of about Rs 1 crore. He said that this ward has been set up in a record time of three months and was supported by a 300 LPM PSA plant to provide uninterrupted oxygen supply to the patient care area.
Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Singh said that the Centre Government was also providing all possible help to the State to fight this pandemic. He also urged the people of the State to strictly follow the SOPs and Guidelines of the State Government issued from time to time.