New oxygen plant to come up in Jhansi: DM

Jhansi: In a bid to tackle the shortage of oxygen as the gap between demand and supply is growing with increase in number of cases, the local administration has been working round the clock to mitigate the crisis and its efforts have paid off as a new plant would be set up soon in the district.
“An oxygen plant will come up very soon here to meet the growing demand,” DM Jhansi Andra Vamsi said on Thursday.
With active Covid cases rising above 6,000 and with only three private oxygen plants, the district administration had been working hard to strike a balance between the steep increase in the demand from government and private hospitals and supply.
DM Andra Vamsi has deployed police force at all the oxygen units and has assigned to the SDM and City Magistrate the responsibility of ensuring judicious distribution of oxygen to government hospitals and private nursing homes as per their specific needs.
Talking to TOI, Dr R R Singh, president, Private Nursing Homes’ Association, said, “There has been a huge surge in oxygen demand because all government and private hospitals are full as we are getting Covid patients from all parts of Bundelkhand. Under such circumstances, streamlining the supply is a challenging job and we all are on our toes. I am thankful to the district administration and the manufacturers who are working round the clock for ensuring smooth supply”.
Singh said his hospital received supply at 2.30am. “Till now there has been no shortage of oxygen in any private hospital, though the situation is alarming because of the growing number of patients,” he added.