135 CHCs, hospitals to have O2 plants
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 28
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said oxygen generator plants would be set up in all 135 Community Health Centres (CHC) and District Hospitals of the state for uninterrupted oxygen supply.
The Chief Minister said this after virtually inaugurating four oxygen generator plants in three government hospitals in Gurugram today. These plants have been set up in collaboration with Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
The Chief Minister said industries had made a commendable contribution during the pandemic period. He said in the first wave of Covid-19, there was a shortage of concentrators, but soon this shortage was overcome.
Though initially in the second wave, there was some problem regarding oxygen supply, but with the dedicated efforts made by the state government, in a short span of time, uninterrupted oxygen supply is being ensured in Haryana. For this along with setting up new oxygen plants, efforts are being made to get oxygen from other states as well. Besides this, tankers were also airlifted to ensure an uninterrupted oxygen supply. A public appeal has also been made for concentrators, said the Chief Minister.
He said that health infrastructure was being strengthened ahead of the possible expected third wave of Covid-19. The state government while taking this challenge head-on was making dedicated efforts to set up oxygen plants in hospitals which would certainly prove beneficial in tackling the third wave, he said.
