In view of the acute shortage of oxygen in the hospitals throughout the second wave of COVID-19 across the nation, the Ministry of Defence has permitted import of vital oxygen generation plants and containers from Germany.
These will attain India in a week’s time and will assist meet the shortage becoming faced by the Armed Force Medical Services (AFMS) and are anticipated to assist provide oxygen to the COVID patients as these will be deployed in static hospitals.
India has reached out to friendly nations searching for oxygen containers and gear to meet the developing demand due to the spike in circumstances.
The information and facts about the import of the oxygen generation plants and containers from Germany was shared with the media by the official spokesperson of the MoD on Friday afternoon (April 23, 2021).
According to the official spokesperson of the Ministry of Defence (MOD), “The 23 mobile oxygen generation plants are being airlifted from Germany. These are going to be deployed in AFMS hospitals catering to the COVID patients.”
The AFMS comes beneath the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and is headed by the Director General-AFMS who performs particular roles and responsibilities as laid down by the government.
IAF deploys its transport aircraft to delivers help in fight against COVID-19
On Friday morning, C-17 and IL-76 aircraft airlifted cryogenic oxygen containers from Air Force Station Hindan all the way to Panagarh for recharging. According to IAF, related airlifts are underway across the nation — it is airlifting critical medicines, oxygen cylinders, and regulators.
The IAF has also began airlifting personnel, medical doctors and nursing employees to many areas across the nation. Doctors and nursing employees have been airlifted from Kochi, Mumbai, Vizag and Bengaluru who helped in setting up the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) COVID hospital at Terminal 1, New Delhi.
To meet the developing demand in Delhi, the IAF sent its transport aircraft to airlift oxygen containers of DRDO from Bengaluru for the COVID centres at Delhi.
On Friday, empty tankers have been sent to Bhubaneswar for Oxygen on board IAF aircraft by the government of Telengana.
And, COVID testing set up load was airlifted to Leh for UT of Ladakh by the IAF.
Odisha Chief Minister calls PM providing assist
On April 22, 2021, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi more than phone and discussed the COVID scenario inside the nation.
He extended all cooperation in the fight against the international pandemic and ramping up Oxygen production to help other states in this vital hour.
Earlier this week …
On Tuesday, defence minister Rajnath Singh has instructed that more hospitals be set up by the DRDO in many areas like Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Varanasi and Patna and other areas exactly where expected in the next handful of days.
As has been reported earlier by TheSpuzz Online, work is going on war footing to set up a 450-bed hospital in Lucknow. Also, teams from DRDO are working in setting up a 750-bed hospital in Varanasi and a 900-bed hospital in Ahmedabad.
At the path of the government, Army hospital at Delhi Cantonment region has been converted into COVID facility with further beds for the civil population infected with the virus in Delhi.