India's oxygen crisis to ease by mid-May, output to jump 25%: Linde Plc
The Hindu
Medical oxygen consumption in India has shot up more than eight-fold from usual levels to about 7,200 tonnes per day this month
India's severe medicaloxygen supply crisis is expected to ease by mid-May, a topindustry executive told Reuters, with output rising by 25% andtransport infrastructure ready to cope with a surge in demandcaused by a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases. Dozens of hospitals in cities such as New Delhi and Mumbai have run short of the gas this month, sending relatives of patients scrambling for oxygen cylinders, sometimes in vain. Medical oxygen consumption in India has shot up more than eight-fold from usual levels to about 7,200 tonnes per day thismonth, said Moloy Banerjee of Linde Plc, the country's biggest producer.More Related News