Private hospitals asked to install O2 plants in Amritsar

After facing the shortage of oxygen for medical use during the Covid pandemic, the district health department has planned to equip private hospitals with oxygen plants to face any such eventuality in the future.

The hospitals such as Guru Nanak Dev Hospital associated with Government Medical College, Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs Memorial Civil Hospital and subdivisional civil hospitals at Baba Bakala and Ajnala have already been equipped with the oxygen plants. As per the plan, a total of 14 private hospitals with more than 50-bed capacity have been chosen for installation of oxygen plants.

These hospitals were earlier allowed by the administration to admit Covid-19 patients. The shortage of oxygen at hospitals had surfaced during the peak of Covid-19 pandemic. Unluckily, at least five patients admitted at a private hospital died due to the shortage of oxygen.

The health officials stated that a meeting with representatives of private hospitals was conducted and they were exhorted to get the oxygen plants installed. A senior official of the department stated that most of the private hospitals responded positively and a few of them had already started working towards their installation. Tribune India