Haryana Home-cum-Health Minister Anil Vij on Friday said that a total of 250 oxygen concentrators will be sent to Haryana by the US-based U.S. India Foundation. In the first phase, 112 oxygen concentrators will be sent to Haryana, Vij said.
The Minister said that he has spoken to the Union Minister of Aviation Hardeep Puri in this regard to get these oxygen concentrators from the USA. The Union Minister has given his consent to get these concentrators airlifted from the USA without any cost. Vij said that the Foundation has also assured to send other additional concentrators and ventilators to Haryana.
The Health Minister said that the Central Government has recently increased the oxygen quota of Haryana from 165 MT to 232 MT. Along with this, additional tankers of oxygen are also being ordered by the Government from Odisha. This will help to increase the availability of oxygen in the hospitals of the state, he added
It was informed that the oxygen tankers carrying additional oxygen quota for Haryana from Bhubaneswar and Rourkela Plant would reach by Saturday in the state. Once these oxygen tankers arrive, it is expected that there will be enough medical oxygen in Haryana.