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Lucknow, May 14 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh government on Friday placed order for 17,000 oxygen concentrators to meet the demand of life saving gas in the rural areas.
Director General, Health, DS Negi said the order has been placed and oxygen concentrators will be available as soon as possible.
To battle coronavirus, four Community Health Centres (CHC) hospitals in each district of Uttar Pradesh are being converted into L-1 Plus.
These hospitals will have a total of 50 beds with oxygen concentrators and a special team of doctors for 24-hour monitoring of patients, officials said.
The L-1 beds are generally the isolation beds but with oxygen facilities.
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