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BPCL opens 100-bed temporary COVID treatment centre at Kochi refinery campus

Refinery executive director Sanjay Khanna said that the BPCL will provide three oxygen generators to major hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Kannur districts.

Published: 16th May 2021 03:48 AM  |   Last Updated: 16th May 2021 03:48 AM   |  A+A A-

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By Express News Service

KOCHI:  A 100-bed temporary COVID treatment centre facilitated by the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) Kochi Refinery on Refinery School premises was opened on Thursday. The refinery has provided oxygen support to all the beds at the centre.

Refinery executive director Sanjay Khanna said the new facility is the first phase of the 1,500 bed COVID treatment centre with oxygen support being built by the refinery in association with the district administration.

It is the first time in the state that a hospital with 1,500 oxygen beds is being built with direct supply form an oxygen generation plant.

He said the BPCL will provide three oxygen generators to major hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Kannur districts. Khanna said that the refinery has provided Rs 8 crore for COVID treatment in the state.

The refinery has a generation capacity of 12 tonnes of oxygen per day. Apart from this, the refinery can provide 4 tonnes of liquefied oxygen per day. 

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