हिंदी
SHIMLA MAY 23, 2021
A spokesperson of the Health department said here today that as per the report by the logistics team, total oxygen production installed capacity in the State is around 85 MT per day and the current utilization capacity is around 67 MT. Current consumption of the State is around 56 MT of oxygen. Current inventory of D-type cylinders is around 6300 and that of B type is around 2250.
A liquid oxygen cryo facility of 15KL is functional at Tanda Medical College. An Air Separation Unit (ASU) facility is functional at IGMC of around 350 D- type capacity.
The PSA plants have been added to the State’s resources in the last few months and are now functional at Dr. YSPGMC Nahan, Pt. JLNGMC Chamba, Dr. RKGMC Hamirpur, ZH Dharamshala, DDU Shimla and SLBSGMC Ner Chowk. Two PSA plants of 1000 LPM are being constructed at MCH ZH Mandi and CH Palampur. The Government of India has now approved 5 more PSA plants to be established in coordination with DRDO in the State of Himachal Pradesh. Two of these plants would be established at IGMC Shimla and one each at Regional Hospital Una, Regional Hospital Solan and Military Hospital, Yol. Each of these plants will have 1000 LPM capacity.
In addition, the 20 Kilo Litre cryogenic tank at IGMC Shimla has been installed and the trial of the same would be conducted in coming few days.
