DRDO to set up 500 Medical Oxygen Plants within 3 months

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will set up 500 Medical Oxygen Plants within 3 months under the PM CARES fund to help in the fight against the current crisis of oxygen for the Covid-19 patients. The oxygen plant is designed for a capacity of 1,000 litres per minute.

The system caters for 190 patients at a flow rate of 5 LPM and can charge 195 cylinders per day. The transfer of technology has been done to M/s Tata Advanced Systems Limited, Bengaluru and M/s Trident Pneumatics Pvt. Ltd. Coimbatore, will be producing 380 plants for installation across various hospitals in the country. As many as 120 plants of 500 litres per minute capacity will be produced by industries working with the Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, belonging to CSIR.