The Prime Minister's
Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund, PM CARES
Fund has given in-principle approval for allocation of funds for
installation of 551 dedicated Pressure Swing Adsorption, PSA Medical
Oxygen Generation Plants inside public health facilities in the country.
The decision is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s direction
of boosting availability of oxygen to hospitals. The Prime Minister has
directed that these plants should be made functional as soon as
possible. He said that these plants will serve as a major boost to
oxygen availability at the district level. These dedicated plants will
be established in identified Government hospitals in district
headquarters in various States and Union Territories. The procurement
will be done through Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The
PM CARES Fund had earlier this year allocated over 201 crore rupees for
installation of additional 162 dedicated PSA Medical Oxygen Generation
Plants inside public health facilities in the country.
The basic aim behind establishing PSA
Oxygen Generation Plants at Government hospitals in the district
headquarters is to further strengthen the public health system and
ensure that each of these hospitals has a captive oxygen generation
facility. Such an in-house captive oxygen generation facility will
address the day to day medical oxygen needs of these hospitals and the
district. In addition, the liquid medical oxygen will serve as a top up
to the captive oxygen generation. Such a system will go a long way in
ensuring that Government hospitals in the districts do not face sudden
disruption of oxygen supplies and have access to adequate uninterrupted
oxygen supply to manage the COVID-19 patients and other patients needing
such support.
Home Minister Amit Shah has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for
allocating funds to install 551 PSA Oxygen Generation Plants in public
health facilities across the country through PM CARES. In a tweet, Mr
Shah said, it is a big decision to curb the oxygen crisis and help the
people in need.
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