Delhi rushes against time to get oxygen plants installed

Delhi | Wednesday | 5th May, 2021

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He said that the Yamuna Sports Complex Covid facility in the CWG facility was functioning smoothly now, especially after the oxygen plant was installed there allowing seamless treatment for the 175 patients admitted there. In a statement, the Centre said over 40 lakh pieces of relief, including medicines, concentrators, cylinders, PSA oxygen plants, had been allocated to different states and UTs. However, the allocation in Delhi came to six Centre-run hospitals, including Lady Hardinge, Safdarjung, RML, AIIMS, DRDO and NITRD hospitals, and two other local hospitals in Moti Nagar and Pooth Kalan. In addition to this, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has said it is going to set up five oxygen plants in and around Delhi by the end of this week. The Defence Ministry said that as per its schedule, two of the aforementioned five plants reached Delhi on Tuesday and were being installed at AIIMS and RML Hospitals, respectively..