This story is from October 1, 2020

Dharwad district hospital gets a 6,000 litre centralised oxygen plant

As part of the government’s measures to boost the capabilities of government hospitals to take on a larger volume of Covid-19 patients, the Dharwad District Hospital has now been equipped with a centralised oxygen plant, the capacity of which is 6,000 litres. Deputy commissioner Nitesh Patil inaugurated the facility on Wednesday,
Dharwad district hospital gets a 6,000 litre centralised oxygen plant
The oxygen plant has a capacity of 6,000 litres
DHARWAD: As part of the government’s measures to boost the capabilities of government hospitals to take on a larger volume of Covid-19 patients, the Dharwad District Hospital has now been equipped with a centralised oxygen plant, the capacity of which is 6,000 litres. Deputy commissioner Nitesh Patil inaugurated the facility on Wednesday,
The paucity of oxygen is among the major obstacles in ensuring critical care for Covid-19 patients.
The district hospital in Dharwad is one of the few government healthcare institutions to be equipped with a centralised oxygen plant. There have been repeated complaints from patients about the non-availability of oxygen at the hospital, a cause of some embarrassment to the management and government.
Dharwad district surgeon Dr Shivakumar Manakar, who participated in the inaugural ceremony of the oxygen plant, said that the hospital used up to 100 jumbo oxygen cylinders for patients in the Covid-19 ward. “We had to run three trips daily to haul these cylinders from a private agency in Sattur. The oxygen plant will end this problem. We will now have sufficient oxygen at the hospital,” Dr Manakar told TOI.
He said that, of the 125 beds at the district hospital, 80 were reserved for Covid-19 patients, while there were 25 in the intensive care unit (ICU). “If the oxygen at the centralised plant is completely filled, we will be able to supply oxygen to patients for five to six days without any interruption,” said Dr Manakar.
The hospital has treated around 450 patients who were infected with Covid-19 till date. Dr Manakar said that, although they were doing all that they could to ensure the best possible treatment to those with Covid-19, there were instances of a few people being shifted to Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences in Hubballi. Dr Manakar said that the agency that bagged the tender to set up the plant had managed to install the unit in a month’s time.
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