Liquid Oxygen Tank Hospital

State health minister vs vijay commissioned the liquid oxygen tank at the government general hospital on wednesday.

Liquid oxygen tank hospital.

A 6 kilolitre liquid oxygen tank has been installed on thursday at the civil hospital in karnataka s dharwad for covid 19 patients. Significant advances in therapeutic uses of medical gases have resulted in increased medical gas usage for a number of diverse clinical applications. In the wake of increasing demand for oxygen at the hospital rao has said that they have decided to install liquid oxygen tank in the hospital by spending rs 61 lakhs. From now the supply of liquid oxygen in the hospital will happen from the tank.

Earlier 80 to 90 cylinders were required daily but one filling of this tank will suffice to one week s. Virtually every hospital needs bulk supplies of oxygen and the most economical way to hold a large quantity is in a liquid form. Finance minister t harish rao has inaugurated liquid oxygen tank at government medical college hospital siddipet on monday. Chilling images show the giant liquid oxygen tanks being used at a make shift nhs nightingale hospital in yorkshire.

The hospital is the first government hospital to install such a tank. The cylinder was filled with 6 000 litres of liquid oxygen procured from bellary on october 3. Once commissioned the plant would help to supply oxygen to mother and child healthcare centre emergency wards and covid care centre as well as the general wards at the district hospital in a cost effective manner. Construction at the harrogate convention centre is ongoing today as health.

The district hospital had supplied oxygen through pipes from the newly built tank to patients. Dharwad karnataka india october 1 ani. Nitesh k patil district collector dc dharwad said that one filling of the tank will suffice a week s requirement of liquid oxygen in the hospital.