Supply 90% oxygen for medical use: MP govt asks manufacturers

September 18, 2020 17:19

In a bid to ensure adequate supply of oxygen for Covid-19 patients, the Madhya Pradesh government has directed the manufacturers of the life-saving gas in the state to ensure that 90 per cent of their output is reserved for medical purposes. The state Public Health and Family Welfare Ministry issued an order to this effect on Thursday.

"To all transporters of liquid oxygen, oxygen manufacturers by air separation unit and re-fillers of oxygen gas of Madhya Pradesh shall use 90 per cent of their total transporting/ generating/re-filling capacity to produce and distribute oxygen for medical purposes only," the order said.

"Remaining 10 per cent capacity can be used to supply oxygen for industrial or other purposes," it added. A company called INOX that used to supply oxygen to Madhya Pradesh from its Nagpur-based plant, stopped the gas transportation to the state last week, which set the alarm bells ringing for the state. -- PTI

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