SCCL speeds up setting up of 5 oxygen plants

Plants to come up in company-run hospitals at an estimated ₹3.60 cr.

In the midst of the virulent second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has expedited the process of setting up five oxygen generator plants in the company-run hospitals at an estimated cost of ₹3.60 crore to meet the growing oxygen requirements of the SCCL hospitals with a futuristic perspective. The surge in demand for medical oxygen in these times of pandemic has prompted the government-owned coal mining company to ramp up oxygen supply to the six company-run hospitals, including the Singareni main hospital in Kothagudem, on a war-footing. The SCCL has initiated a slew of COVID control and prevention measures to protect its workforce from coronavirus infection and provide prompt treatment to its employees, retired personnel and their family members. According to SCCL sources, the company had so far spent ₹71 crore on a wide spectrum of initiatives to prevent and control the pandemic, including testing and treatment services.