A news of relief is there as the government has taken efforts to ensure needed supply of the crucial medical gas. Defence Minister on April 23 announced that “Armed Forces Medical Services has decided to import oxygen generation plants and containers from Germany, amid a shortage of oxygen in the hospitals. Also, 23 mobile oxygen generation plants are being airlifted from Germany that will be deployed in AFMS hospitals.
On Friday The defence ministry said that Around 13 lakh i.e. 99 percent of Indian Army officershave been vaccinated with at least one dose of Covid19 vaccine. Nearly 82% ofthem have received both doses. According to the sources from Defence Ministry,nearly 15.5 lakh armed forces personnel have got the first dose, and over 11.7lakh have received the second dose.
Meanwhile, over 1 lakh healthcare workers are vaccinatedwith the first dose of vaccine and over 90,000 have received the second jab.
For now, around 400 army officers are under homeisolation and are recovering. Meanwhile, the army has decided to turn its Basehospital in Delhi Cantonment which has 258 beds with oxygen supply into aCovid19 facility.
The coronavirus cases in the country are rapidlyspiraling up as more than 3 lakh to 3.25 lakh cases are reported daily. In thiscritical situation, armed forces were asked to assist state governments andcivil administrations in the battle against the Coronavirus pandemic.
Indian Armed Forces have also started admitting retiredarmy personnel into Army hospitals. Army has opened its 500-bed hospital inPatna and 450-bed hospital in Lucknow. A hospital in Varanasi is also beingopened which consists the capacity of 750 beds. In Ahmedabad, an army hospitalwith a capacity of 900 beds has been opened for the public. Due to the excessdemand for oxygen cylinders, these hospitals are planning to double the numberof beds with oxygen supply within a week.