Yogi asks for continuous oxygen audit

LUCKNOW : Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday asked officials to do oxygen audit continuously and laid stress on striking a balance between demand and supply.

“Distribute oxygen in a transparent manner. Even the Indian Air Force is cooperating from various centres across the country for oxygen supply. Monitor the demand and supply of oxygen in the state 24x7,” he said to the officers concerned at the Covid-19 review meeting with his Team-11 of top bureaucrats engaged in Covid management.

He also announced that the Covid-19 hospitals being set up by DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) in Lucknow and Varanasi will soon be ready and functional, said a state government statement quoting the chief

minister.

He noted that medical oxygen supply to Uttar Pradesh was being augmented not only from Bokaro (Jharkhand) but also from Modinagar (UP), Kashipur and Roorkee (Uttarakhand) and Panipat (Haryana).

“Ensure oxygen supply to small districts such as Bahraich, Firozabad from their district headquarters. Oxygen is being transported to various districts such as Gorakhpur and Bareilly through tankers. Ensure GPS (global position system) tracking of the tankers and make security arrangements for them. No patient should suffer because of a lack of oxygen. Keep an eye on all small or big hospitals in the state,” he added.

“Provide oxygen even to those who require it in home isolation. The state government will ensure oxygen sufficiency everywhere in the state,” he said. The chief minister said oxygen refilling and oxygenproducing MSME units should be connected directly with the hospitals for smoother supply.