* Equipment arrives at AIIMS & RML Hospitals in New Delhi
In
order to tackle the surge in Covid-19 cases & subsequent
requirement of oxygen, PM-Cares has allocated funds for the installation
of 500 Medical Oxygen Plants across the country. These plants are
planned to be set up within three months. Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO), through its industries, is setting-up
five Medical Oxygen Plants within the first week of May in and around
Delhi. These are to be installed at AIIMS Trauma Centre, Dr Ram Manohar
Lohia Hospital (RML), Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College
and one at AIIMS, Jhajjar, Haryana. As per schedule, two of these
plants reached Delhi on May 4, 2021 and are being installed at AIIMS and
RML Hospitals respectively.These have been supplied by M/s Trident
Pneumatics Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore which is the technology partner of DRDO
and has been given an order of 48 plants. Order of 332 plants have been
placed with M/s Tata Advanced Systems Limited and the delivery will
start from mid–May. The delivery schedule is being monitored very
closely to deliver before the plants time. Sites are being prepared at
each hospital in parallel.
These
Medical Oxygen Plants are designed for a flow rate of 1,000 litres per
minute (LPM). The system can cater to 190 patients at a flow rate of 5
LPM and charge 195 cylinders per day. The Medical Oxygen Plant (MOP)
technology has been developed by DRDO based on the On‐Board Oxygen
Generation for LCA, Tejas. These plants will overcome the logistics
issues of oxygen transportation and help the COVID-19 patients in
emergency. CSIR has also ordered 120 MOP plants through its industries.