Oxygen Plant at Uchana Civil Hospital | 21 Jul 2022

Why in News?

  • On July 20, 2022, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala inaugurated the newly constructed oxygen plant at Uchana Civil Hospital in Jind district.

Key Points

  • With the establishment of this oxygen plant, Uchana and its surrounding areas will get better and convenient health services. This oxygen plant has the capacity to produce 250 liters of oxygen per minute, which will provide relief for the treatment of patients in case of emergency.
  • Significantly, during the Corona epidemic, patients were suffering due to lack of oxygen in areas like Uchana. Now it has become a permanent solution in future.
  • With the setting up of the oxygen plant, emergency patients suffering from serious illnesses will now get relief from the risk of going to PGI Rohtak or other major medical institutions and they will also get quick treatment.
  • Dushyant Chautala said that the basement and shed of this oxygen plant, built at a cost of Rs 45 lakhs under Honda India Foundation, courtesy of CSR, have been built on the basis of best and latest technology at the modern level.
  • Each bed of the hospital has been connected through pipelines to this plant built with modern technology, on which emergency patients will be provided free oxygen facility on all 30 beds of the hospital.
  • The capacity of this oxygen plant is to provide oxygen on 50 beds continuously. Apart from this, 55 big i.e. jumbo cylinders can also be made available every 24 hours as per the requirement.