Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori inaugurated theoxygen plant based on pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology at NHSHospital, Kapurthala Road on Friday; the plant can produce medical oxygen atthe rate of 750 liters per minute.
While kick-starting the oxygen plant, the DC lauded theefforts of NHS Hospital to tackle the O2 shortage, especially amid the soaringdemands for oxygen. He mentioned that the hospital management had startedworking on this project following the administration’s appeal to all majorhospitals and industries to install PSA-based plants.
The Deputy Commissioner called upon other healthcare andindustrial establishments to follow the same course of action by setting upsuch plants at their premises. He stated that this would not only reduce oxygendemands but also make Jalandhar a self-reliant district in terms of oxygenproduction besides bailing out oxygen generation plants burdened with soaringdemands. He said that if other institutions installed such plants, the savedoxygen could be diverted to other patients who desperately need this life-savinggas, which would save more lives.
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Mr. Thori said that installing such plants was a one-timeinvestment aimed at enabling such establishments to be self-reliant inproduction, which is the need of the hour. He urged other institutions to installsuch plants or buy oxygen concentrators so that soaring demands could bechecked.
Throwing light on the steps taken by the districtadministration to tackle oxygen demands, the DC said that a multi-prongedstrategy has been adopted by the authorities encompassing installation ofoxygen plant at civil hospital, deployment of oxygen concentrators in thefacilities, setting up post-Covid recovery ward in the government hospital, andan oxygen concentrator bank for patients requiring oxygen support at home.