Nearing self-sufficiency in oxygen

The variety of COVID-19 sufferers needing oxygen assist is slowly growing in Kurnool and Anantapur districts however the provide place is snug in each districts with Anantapur even inching nearer to self-sufficiency.

Despite a steep rise in the variety of constructive circumstances there are solely 969 sufferers consuming oxygen as of Friday night – 149 sufferers in Intensive Care Units and 820 in oxygen-supported beds in all hospitals put collectively. According to the Health Department’s report, one other 106 ICU and 939 oxygen-supported beds have been vacant.

The authorities and personal hospitals put collectively have a liquid oxygen storage capability of 53 kilo litres in Anantapur district in addition to 2,000 medical bulk cylinders (7.1 cu.m.), however the consumption in the district has been solely slightly above 50% of its capability. The district administration has taken steps in the direction of making the district self-sufficient in oxygen manufacturing by reviving two defunct crops close to Hindupur and tying up with a brand new industrial oxygen manufacturing unit.

“We worked with lightning speed to get the required permissions for the three units to produce medical oxygen and supply it to the needy. The Life Oxygen Plant at Chakkarayapeta in Singanamala is producing 350 cylinders of oxygen per day through air suction using compressors and filters and has begun supplying 3 tonnes a day to Chittoor district, while the Sri Sathya Sai Super Speciality Hospital at Puttaparthi and the RDT Hospital at Bathalapalli are also utilising this gas,” says Collector Gandham Chandrudu.

Vedic Ispat Pvt. Limited at Gollapuram has revived its defunct plant which has a capability to supply 10 tonnes a day, common supervisor of District Industries Centre Vijay Kumar tells The Puucho. The second unit with a 4 MT manufacturing capability owned by Sai Krishna Oxygen at Tumukunta will even get operationalised inside per week. The three put collectively add as much as 17 MTs of oxygen a day assembly near 50% of present consumption ranges.

Supplies from Karnataka

Kurnool with 45 kl liquid oxygen storage capability at its main hospitals in addition to three,000 bulk cylinders (7.1 cu.m. capability), consumed solely 15 Kl a day as of Friday with solely 762 out of seven,798 lively COVID-19 sufferers admitted to hospitals needing both a ventilator or an oxygen-supported mattress.

Drug Control Administration inspector M. Chandrasekhar Rao tells The Puucho that 78 MT of oxygen from varied crops in Karnataka has been allotted to the Rayalaseema district and the provides are regular.

Kurnool DMHO Rama Giddaiah says that there isn’t any shortage of both docs or oxygen in Kurnool district and recent appointments are additionally being made to fulfill the extra demand now.