NTPC orders 11 oxygen plants for Delhi-NCR

NEW DELHI: State-run NTPC Ltd has placed orders for 11 oxygen generation plants and is setting up two others with bottling facility as part of plans to augment critical care for Covid patients in National Capital Region.
The company has added 200 beds with oxygen support and 140 beds for isolation of Covid patients in Badarpur, Noida and Dadri. These beds are among 500 with oxygen support and 1,100 for isolation of Covid patients added across plants in various states.
The company has set up a 500-bed health centre for Covid care at Sundargarh in Odisha where 20 ventilators have been provided.Additional facilities are being set up at North Karanpura, Bongaigaon and Solapur. Other hospitals are being set up to increase the number of beds with oxygen facilities.
These are in addition to Covid care centres already operating at Badarpur and Dadri near Delhi, Korba in Chhattisgarh, Kaniha in Odisha, Ramagundam in Tamil Nadu, Vindhyachal in Uttar Pradesh and Barh in Bihar.