Oxygen supplier asks Delhi for its distribution plan

As Oxygen demand soars up manifold across Delhi hospitals, the Delhi government is faced with ironing out serious supply issues.

The latest challenge at hand has come from key oxygen supplier to North India- Inox- which has said it can only meet the O2 demand for 17 hospitals and not all 45 it has a contract with.

In an April 24 communication to the Delhi government’s health department, has cited the national Oxygen supply plan drawn up by the Centre’s Empowered Group 2 and its own limited production capacity, for its inability to serve the remaining 28 hospitals.

It has requested the Delhi government to ‘allocate the responsibility of supplying Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to the balance 28 hospitals’ to the ‘other gas suppliers’.

The Empowered Group 2 has drawn up a national Oxygen supply plan for each state according to the demand so far. It has also mapped out the details of which Oxygen plant will serve each state and up to much quantity.

Inox, which is a key supplier in North India, has been tasked by the Empowered Group as on April 18, with ensuring 105 metric tonne per day to Delhi’s 17 hospitals.