Series of oxygen plants to be donated to Vadodara hospitals

Vadodara: Hospitals in the city may soon be equipped with their own oxygen plants thanks to donations by corporates as well as organisations. The GMERS Gotri Hospital and SSG Hospital are expected to be the first beneficiaries.
A oxygen plant having a capacity of 50 cubic metres per hour has been donated to the Gotri hospital by the Paradise Foundation. The order was placed on Friday to mark the birth anniversary of Shri Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhuji of the Vaishnav sect. The plant can serve 100 beds and will come up at a cost of around Rs 70 lakh.
Sources said that the Vadodara Gas Ltd — the joint venture city gas company formed by GAIL Gas Ltd and Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) — has also mobilised funds and is looking to donate an oxygen plant with a capacity of 25 cubic metres per hour to any government hospital.
Sources said that other associations as well as corporates were also looking to donate oxygen plants. One such association has already decided to do so and is in the process of ordering the plant while an industry major having operations in the city too is likely to donate one.
Several private hospitals in the city have also started looking for such plants. They are also desperate to get one to avoid getting into desperate situations in which they find themselves in wake of the delay in oxygen supply.