For home delivery of O2 refills, city to get empty cylinder bank

Gurgaon: The district administration is going to set up an empty oxygen cylinder bank in Gurgaon.
The move comes a day after the state government announced it would provide a door-to-door oxygen cylinder refill facility.
Covid-19 patients in home isolation in the city can apply online to get doorstep delivery of refilled oxygen cylinders from Sunday. Gurgaon has 38,330 active cases at present, of whom 35,822 are in home isolation.
“An area will be identified for oxygen refilling in Gurgaon and we are also planning to set up an oxygen cylinder bank for those who don’t have cylinders. Moreover, the facility of applying online to get oxygen cylinders delivered at home will help patients in home isolation, besides putting an end to the black-marketing of oxygen cylinders. It will also reduce the burden on hospitals and will make oxygen beds in hospitals available for critical patients,” said deputy commissioner Dr Yash Garg.
The doorstep delivery of the refilled oxygen cylinders will be facilitated by NGOs and Red Cross Society. MCG additional commissioner Surender Singh convened a meeting with the NGOs, organisations willing to volunteer for the initiative and other MCG officials on Saturday. He said that the MCG teams and volunteers of NGOs will provide doorstep delivery to the applicants. The corporation has assigned duties to MCG employees, who will work from 8am to 11pm to ensure doorstep delivery of oxygen cylinders in exchange for an empty cylinder.
“We have appointed three supervisory officers, who will submit daily reports on the applications and oxygen cylinders provided to patients in home isolation,” added Singh.
Residents have welcomed the move. “I have been struggling to arrange oxygen cylinders for my friends and family members who have tested positive for Covid-19. I had no option but to take a friend to a hospital in Palwal for oxygen support. I have made calls for hours to arrange cylinders. The facility of doorstep delivery, if it functions properly, will definitely help patients in home isolation and their attendants too,” said Tanya Anand, a resident of Sector 43.
Applicants will have to register on the website http://oxygenhry.in and submit their Aadhaar card details, along with a photo of the oximeter reading determining their oxygen requirement or a doctor’s prescription. Moreover, other details like the patient's name and age should also be mentioned in the application. An applicant can apply only once a day using one mobile number.
Once the applicant submits the application, it will be reflected online to the NGOs involved, as well as Red Cross Society. The acceptance of the application will be informed to the applicant through an SMS.