Medical oxygen production began on Sunday on the Andhra Paper Mill campus in Rajamahendravaram in the East Godavari district. The facility will deliver 12 kiloliters of oxygen daily to the 100-bed ESI hospital and other COVID facilities in the city.
“There will be no shortage of medical oxygen in the city in the coming days as the production capacity of the facility in the AP paper mill will meet the requirements of the hospitals,” said Margani Bharat, MP for Rajamahendravaram on Sunday.
The MP had persuaded the AP Paper Mill authorities to resume oxygen production and to lay a 1km pipeline to the ESI hospital for oxygen supply. “The pipeline has been put into operation and oxygen is being delivered. The test run of the system was successfully carried out on Saturday, ”said the MP.
COVID Care Center
On Sunday, Mr Bharat directed the Rajamahendravaram Medical and Health Authorities and Citizens Authority to investigate the two-acre CTRI campus in order to set up a 500-bed COVID care center.
Meanwhile, health officials were running COVID-19 tests on 350 destitute people in the city. Only one of the people tested was confirmed positive for coronavirus infection.