Uttar Pradesh: Oxygen generators to be set up in all districts

LUCKNOW: The excise, sugar and sugarcane development departments are setting up oxygen generators in 79 hospitals across all 75 districts of the state. Most of these will be established in community health centres in both rural and urban areas. A government spokesperson said that oxygen pipelines and generators are almost ready at 15 centres, while at 16 places temporary arrangements are in place. These generators will help extend the oxygen facility to 3,200 hospital beds in the state.
The departments have issued orders to purchase generators from 54 manufacturers. The generators are being purchased through CSR funds.
“At least one CHC or district hospital has been identified in each district by 43 sugar mills and 30 excise department units. The state government is making arrangements to airlift these generators to UP. The manufacturers have been asked for a supply schedule to facilitate their lifting at the earliest,” said a government spokesperson.
In Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Sitapur, Shamli, Kushinagar and Amroha, two hospitals each have been identified where the generators are being set up while the remaining 69 districts will have one facility each where the generators will be set up.
Meanwhile, chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said that there should be sufficient oxygen available in all hospitals for Covid and non-Covid patients. On Monday, the government supplied 935 tonnes of oxygen to various hospitals and refilling centres. Out of this, 560 tonnes was distributed only through refillers. The CM said that the ongoing oxygen audit has given good results as it has managed to reduce demand by 10-15%. Most hospitals now have an oxygen back-up of two to three days.
“If a hospital requires cylinders, they should be made available to them immediately. The government is in the process of purchasing 5,000 cylinders while another 3,500 are being procured from various industrial organisations through CSR,” the CM said.