Jhansi admin enters ‘oxygen for beds’ tie-up with MP hosp

Lucknow: The Jhansi district administration has tied up with the Madhya Pradesh government to supply oxygen to a private hospital in Nivari district on the condition that 100 out of 300 available Covid beds will be reserved for the residents of Jhansi. The state government has already sent 404 oxygen cylinders to MP for use in Tikamgarh, Shivpuri and Nivari districts.
“There has been a rise in the number of Covid-19 patients in Jhansi for which Ramraja Hospital in MP’s Nivari district has been made operational.They will reserve 100 out of 300 beds for Jhansi patients and we will supply them oxygen cylinders,” said Jhansi DM Andra Vamsi.
Vamsi said at least 7,821 Covid-19 patients were being treated at 58 hospitals in Jhansi as on Monday evening.
“Around 20 tons of oxygen is available in the district which is being supplied from Dehradun Medical College. This is sufficient to meet the requirements of the district. Two other plants in the district are supplying oxygen through cylinders. It is from here that cylinders are being sent to MP,” the DM added.
Two more oxygen plants are being set up in Jhansi, one with a production capacity of 9,000 lt per day and the other with a capacity of 5,000 lt per day.