The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in
Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund Trust is allocating 201.58 crore
rupees for installation of additional 162 dedicated Pressure Swing
Adsorption (PSA) Medical Oxygen Generation Plants inside public health
facilities in the country. The total project cost includes 137.33 crore
rupees towards supply and commissioning of the plants and Management fee
of Central Medical Supply Store and around 64.25 crore rupees towards
Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract.
The procurement will be done by the Central Medical Supply Store which
is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
A total of 162 plants with a total capacity of 154.19 MT are to be installed in 32 States and UTs.
The Government hospitals where these plants are to be installed have
been identified in consultation with the States and UTs concerned.
The plants have a warranty for the first 3 years. For the next 7 years,
the project includes a Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract.
Routine Operations and Maintenance are to be done by the hospitals or
States. After the Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract period,
entire Operations and Maintenance will be borne by the hospitals or
States.
This mechanism will further strengthen the public health system and
enable long term systematic augmentation of medical oxygen availability
in a cost effective manner. Adequate and uninterrupted supply of oxygen
is an essential pre-requisite for managing moderate and severe cases of
COVID -19, in addition to various other medical conditions where this
need arises. Installation of PSA Oxygen Concentrator Plants in public
health facilities is an important step to reduce the health facility’s
dependence on the system of store and supply and to enable these
facilities to have their own oxygen generation capacity.
This will not only increase the total
oxygen availability pool of the States and UTs, but also facilitate
providing oxygen support in a timely manner to patients in these public
health facilities.
{ With input from news agency language)
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