Set up O2 units in 6 months, NMC tells all medical colleges

MUMBAI: The National Medical Commission has asked all medical colleges to set up dedicated pressure swing adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen generation plants within six months. The commission, the apex regulatory body for medical education in the country, has also included the policy under the Minimum Requirements for Annual MBBS Admissions Regulations, 2020.
In a circular issued by NMC’s Undergraduate Medical Education Board, the amendment reads: “Central oxygen and suction points shall include provision of piped oxygen supply to all beds in the hospital having patients in critical condition/requiring oxygen from liquid oxygen tank installed at appropriate place in the hospital complex. In addition, all medical college hospitals are also required to have a dedicated PSA technology produce oxygen supply, which is to be installed and made operational within six months...”