A record 1031.43 MT of oxygen has been supplied to medical colleges, medical institutes, private hospitals and refillers in Uttar Pradesh during the past 24 hours.
Under self-production, 81.87 metric tons of oxygen has also been supplied through air separators units and 3471 patients of Home Isolation have also been supplied through supply cylinders of 26.44 metric tons of oxygen in the last 24 hours.
State Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Avnish Kumar Awasthi said here on Thursday a total supply of record 1031.43 MT of oxygen in the last 24 hours, out of which 623.11 MT of oxygen has been supplied to the refillers by the Department of Food Safety and Drug Administration.
In addition, 313.02 metric tons of oxygen has been supplied to medical colleges and medical institutions in the state and 95.29 metric tons of oxygen has been supplied directly to private hospitals by oxygen suppliers.
Mr Awasthi informed that 85.08 MT were supplied in major districts like Kanpur, 57.15 MT in Varanasi, 56.99 MT in Prayagraj, 261.41 MT in Meerut, 53.12 MT in Moradabad, 73.47 MT in Agra, 53.21 MT in Gorakhpur. Around 155.26 metric tons of oxygen has arrived in the last 24 hours in Lucknow.
Online monitoring of the oxygen supply system is being done through a special control room set up in the Home Department to fulfill the demand of oxygen in the state.
In this control room, senior officials and employees of the Home Department, Food and Drug Administration, Medical Education, Health and Family Welfare and Transport Department are working continuously for 24 hours in coordination.
