Chandigarh prepares for Covid-19 third wave; four oxygen plants inaugurated

Four oxygen generation plants were inaugurated at government health institutes in Chandigarh amid the possibility of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Amid the possibility of the third wave of the pandemic and to give a boost to the existing healthcare sector, four pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plants were inaugurated at various government health centres in Chandigarh on Thursday. According to a report published in The Tribune, the UT administration has readied four oxygen plants for 3,600 hospital beds in the city.

The demand for oxygen went up during the second wave of the pandemic as the number of patients requiring respiratory support saw an upward trend. The city had a tough time dealing with the oxygen crisis as the requirement of the UT was hardly met with the quota sanctioned by the Centre. When the second wave gripped the city, two oxygen plants were set up at city hospitals but they were only able to fulfill 25 per cent of the oxygen requirement.