Hospitals with capacity of more than 50 beds told to arrange their own oxygen in Gurugram

Sumedha Sharma
Tribune news Service
Gurugram, May 7

Refuting the allegations of alleged preferential treatment to big hospitals in oxygen allotment, the Gurugram administration has directed all hospitals with a capacity of more than 50 beds to fend for themselves for oxygen supply.

The hospitals have been asked to make arrangements themselves by either setting up oxygen plants or making arrangements for PSA oxygen generation.

The decision was taken in a special meeting held today.

“Continuous efforts are being made to increase oxygen supply in the district. Instructions have been given to hospitals with more than 50 beds capacity to manage their own oxygen needs, whether through liquid oxygen plants or by arranging a PSA. A letter has also been sent to them to this effect,” said a senior administration official.

It may be noted that small hospitals, clinics and home isolated patients had been crying foul over higher oxygen allocation to ‘VIP’ hospitals leaving them high and dry and begging for same through social media.

There is a plan to set up six oxygen plants in the district and more are being planned with collaboration of CSR initiatives.

A PSA-based 1,000 MLP oxygen plant will be set up in the Civil Hospital in Gurgaon.

In addition, PSA-based oxygen plants of 200 MLP capacity each will also be set up at the sub-divisional hospitals in Pataudi and Sohna.

Not only this, in a bid to resolve the woes of the home isolated oxygen dependent patients, the local administration has decided to provide oxygen at doorstep to them through RWAs.

“We have streamlined the process of oxygen allocation now. We will be providing cylinders to patients in need at their doorstep after getting verified details from RWA. We are in the process to develop a portal to make the process of procuring oxygen cylinders smoother for those in home isolation. There is panic hoarding and black-marketing which has led to the issues but now things will be resolved,” said Jitender Yadav, Acting MCG Commissioner and in-charge of oxygen supply.