‘Oxygen Express’ arrives in Thoothukudi
The Hindu
It has brought 78.82 tonnes of oxygen to cater to GHs in southern districts
THOOTHUKUDI Even as the southern districts are virtually gasping for medical-grade oxygen to save the COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment in the government and government medical college hospitals, an ‘Oxygen Express’ of Indian Railways with five tankers arrived here from Odhisha’s Rourkela on Monday evening. Ministers Thangam Thennarasu, Anita R. Radhakrishnan and Geetha Jeevan, MP Kanimozhi, Collector K. Senthil Raj and Superintendent of Police S. Jayakumar received the ‘Oxygen Express’ that reached Meelavittaan station on Thoothukudi outskirts at 4 p.m.More Related News
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