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Topics covid india. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe. Thank you for subscribing to our Daily News Capsule newsletter. Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin. Sign Up. This information is used to build a road map for increasing access to oxygen. Once a facility has oxygen, there are additional accessories necessary to administer oxygen therapy to patients: nasal cannula and tubing; accessories to control pressure, flow, and concentration; and pulse oximeters to monitor levels.
Today, low- and middle-income economies need more than 2. Meeting this record-breaking need will require a systems-level approach to oxygen and its supply chains. But bottlenecks to oxygen supply chains can happen at many levels: from manufacturing to in-country logistics to shipping supplies. For example, the government of Zambia is partnering with the private sector to increase manufacturing capacity, attracting investment for more plants, and financing to ensure hospitals can enter agreements with plants.
Why is delivering medical oxygen so complicated? Weighing the options for oxygen production. Making the market work for patients. Putting the pieces together. There is much work left to do, but I feel optimistic.
Also read: Tamil Nadu govt to allow Sterlite to produce oxygen for 4-month period amid Covid crisis. Once obtained, oxygen is stored either in cylinders and tanks in a gaseous form under pressure or in cryogenic tanks at very low temperatures in liquid form. The government is in the process of building PSA plants to meet the current demand of oxygen, but till then, most hospitals are relying on cylinders or a supply of liquid oxygen.
Tankers have varying capacities, from 2 metric tonnes MT to 30 MT. According to a government statement, the daily production capacity including for industry use of oxygen currently is 7, MT while the demand is 6, MT. This is several times higher than the demand for medical oxygen in pre-Covid times, which was around MT per day.
Now, almost all of it is being diverted for medical use. The country also plans on importing 50, MT of oxygen. Earlier, no governments were actively involved or monitored the supply of medical oxygen to hospitals. Hospitals contracted suppliers directly, who would then deliver it every two to four days or whenever stocks needed to be replenished, explained Mishra. However, since the nationwide lockdown was first announced in March , the Empowered Group 2 — one among the several other empowered groups — was formed under the Ministry of Home Affairs to monitor and ensure availability of essential medical supplies, including oxygen.
This is why states must appeal to the central government for allocations. In Delhi, which has been allocated MT of oxygen, the state is rationing its supply by allocating each hospital with a fixed amount. Despite this, the city has continued to see SOS calls from hospitals because these allocations have been inadequate.
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