No supply of oxygen outside Mohali without permission

Sanjay Bumbroo
Tribune News Service
Mohali, April 29

To ensure medical oxygen supply to the government and private hospitals in the district, the administration today banned the supply outside Mohali district.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (D) Rajiv Gupta, who inspected HiTech Industries, which is supplying medical oxygen to 14 hospitals of the district, said outside the district, the supply of medical oxygen would be made with a requisitioning order from the Deputy Commissioner.

On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan, ADC Rajiv Gupta, accompanied by Paviter Singh (GMADA), SP Harbir Atwal and Mohali AETC Surinder Garg, visited the industrial unit to audit the stock and supply of oxygen being given to the hospitals. The team reviewed the stock supplies of oxygen received by Hitech Industries and corresponding distribution to different hospitals.

Rajiv Gupta directed the officials that there should not be any diversion from the quantity of oxygen to be sent for medical purposes. He said the supply of every cylinder was being duly recorded and teams of the police and GST inspectors had been deputed to monitor the supply of oxygen round the clock.

Meanwhile, Dayalan issued an advisory for oxygen-saving strategy in the ICU wards for optimum use of oxygen in all government and private hospitals of the district treating Covid patients.

Dayalan said: “An advisory has been issued by the state government for complete compliance by all hospitals as medical oxygen has become a critical requirement for the management of moderate and severe Covid cases.”

Dayalan said primarily, the advisory suggests targeting SpO2 of 90-92 per cent for all patients, provided they were comfortable. The advisory mentions early detection and repair of potential sources of leakage of oxygen from flow metres/cylinders/pipelines, adequate training sessions for staff about “how to save oxygen”, use of oxygen concentrators in mild cases, use of supportive manoeuvres such as awake proning to be considered in hypoxemic patients.

The DC said advisory further suggested initiating oxygen therapy depending upon the severity of respiratory illness and use of nebulizers.