Khammam hospital gets modern oxygen plant

Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar on Wednesday inaugurated the plant installed with an expenditure of Rs 90 lakh

Khammam: A modern liquid oxygen generation plant has been set up at the District Government Hospital here to meet the demand of requirements of medical emergencies at the hospital.

Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar on Wednesday inaugurated the plant installed with an expenditure of Rs 90 lakh. He said that steps were being taken to equip the District Hospital with modern infrastructure to ensure quality health services to the patients.

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He reminded that as part of the State government’s initiative to equip the government hospitals with state-of-art facilities, a liquid oxygen plant with 13,000 litres capacity was installed here with an expenditure of Rs 50 lakh in last September.

The plant was installed following the demand for medical oxygen supply has gone up due to the increase in the number of people suffering from breathing problems after they were infected with coronavirus and to ensure quality supply of oxygen to non-Covid patients as well.

Earlier, the oxygen cylinders required for the plant used to be supplied from Hyderabad. The plant has a capacity to generate oxygen equivalent to 125 cylinders per day and can supply it Covid and non-Covid patients at the hospital round the clock, Ajay Kumar said.

SUDA Chairman Bachu Vijay Kumar, District Collector RV Karnan, hospital superintendent B Venkateshwarlu, RMO B Srinivas Rao and others were present.

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