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(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Oxygen (O2) Management

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(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Oxygen (O2) Management

Topic: Oxygen (O2) Management

Guest:

  • Ravi Kumar Gupta, (Former Director, DRDO)
  • Dr. K. Madan Gopal, (Senior Consultant, Health, NITI Aayog)

Topic Description:

In order to address the surge in demand for oxygen amid the second wave of the pandemic, the Centre has undertaken some key measures to increase the availability, streamline the distribution and strengthen the oxygen storage infrastructure across the country. These include efforts for improving oxygen production, enhancing tanker availability to optimize logistics, improving oxygen storage at the last mile, and easing norms of procurement. As per government data, Oxygen production has increased from 5700 MT/day in Aug’20 to 9,446 MT/day in May’21. The production capacity has increased from 6817 MT/ day to 7314 MT/day, and capacity utilization has gone up from 84% to 129% during this period. 50,000 MT of Liquid Oxygen is being imported from overseas, with orders and delivery schedule for 5,800 MT finalized. Further, the DRDO has installed two oxygen plants in Delhi, each with a generating capacity of 1,000 litres of oxygen every minute. More such plants will be installed by DRDO in different hospitals of the country to make them self reliant for medical oxygen. So how are different bodies working towards oxygen management in this hour of crisis, whether it is sufficient to meet the growing need for O2

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Courtesy: RSTV