Anurag approves oxygen plant for Una hospital
Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur today directed the Una district administration to set up an oxygen plant at the Palkwah makeshift Covid hospital in Haroli sub division of Una district funds for which will be provided by the Union government.
As per an official press release quoting DC Raghav Sharma, the Una district administration had sent a request to the Union MoS for help to tide over the Covid pandemic situation in the district. The press release stated that the oxygen plant sanctioned by the minister will have a capacity to supply oxygen at the rate of 500 liters per minute and will be sufficient to cater to about 100 patients simultaneously.
The DC said he had a telephonic conversation with Anurag Thakur today and the minister has sanctioned an oxygen plant based on Pressure Swing Adsorption technology, which is capable to produce pure oxygen. The equipment, he said, will cost about Rs 75 lakh.
Raghav Sharma said work on setting up the oxygen plant will be initiated at the earliest. He said Anurag Thakur has already supplied 55 oxygen cylinders to Una and 50 to Hamirpur district administration besides PPE kits, gloves and sanitisers.