A state level ‘Medical Oxygen Control Room’ was established in Raipur to ensure timely supply of oxygen to Covid hospitals in Chhattisgarh, a press statement said on Friday.
Special Secretary (Health) R. Prasanna on Friday issued an order in this connection and asked officials to create similar district level Control Room.
The control room will monitor the medical oxygen consumption at hospitals and will ensure their availability, the statement added.
If there is any problem in case of inter-state medical oxygen transport, then the state level control room will coordinate with the Union Health Ministry’s central control room and sort out the problem, the press release said.
K.D. Kunajm and Hiren Patel from the Food and Drug administration, Joint Commissioner of Transport Devwrat Sirmaur, Praveen Shukla from Commerce and Industry, and Dr V.K. Sharma from Health department will be the members.
At district level, Collectors will constitute a committee consisting of General Manager Industry, Regional Transport Officer, Chief Medical and Health Officer, Assistant Drug Controller or Drug Inspector as its members.