Asr GMCH gets O2 plant worth Rs1 cr

Amritsar, May 31

The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Amritsar claims it will be self-sufficient in medical oxygen supply for Covid-19 patients.

Equipped with pressure swing absorption (PSA) technique, a state-of-the-art unit has been arranged through the DRDO under the PM Cares fund. Another one with the same capacity was being installed at the Government Medical College, Patiala.

Costing around Rs 1 crore, the unit has a capacity to generate 1,000 litre medical oxygen per minute from atmospheric air on the hospital premises. Dr Rajiv Devgan, Principal of GMCH, Amritsar, said: “We have an arrangement of 16 MT liquid oxygen and the new generator will be an additional arrangement,” he said.

Medical Education and Research Minister OP Soni said ventilators and oxygen concentrators were available in sufficient number now.

Two identical air-borne oxygen generation units worth Rs 1.94 crore are expected to be installed shortly in Vallah and a charitable hospital near the Shaheedan Sahib gurdwara. — TNS