PrimeMinister Narendra Modi on Wednesday sanctioned the procurement of one lakhportable oxygen concentrators from the PM Cares Fund.
Thedecision was taken at a high-level meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister, todiscuss the measures needed to improve liquid medical oxygen (LMO) supply forCovid management. He instructed that these oxygen concentrators should beprocured at the earliest and provided in states with a high case burden.
Inaddition to the earlier sanctioned 713 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plantsunder PM Cares Fund, 500 new PSA plants have been sanctioned. The PSA plantswill augment the supply of liquid medical oxygen at hospitals in districtheadquarters and Tier 2 cities. These 500 PSA plants will be established with transferof the indigenous technology developed by the DRDO and the CSIR to the domesticmanufacturers.
EstablishingPSA plants and procurement of portable oxygen concentrators will greatlyaugment the supply of oxygen near the demand clusters, thereby addressing thecurrent logistical challenges in transporting oxygen from plants to hospitals,an official statement said.