'Oxygen on Wheels' to rescue of Covid-19 patients in Tamil Nadu

With Tamil Nadu recording over 21,000 Covid cases a day, the need for beds and oxygen has increased exponentially. The state has 85,000 beds, of which 35,000 carry oxygen points. Chennai alone has 6,000 oxygen beds.

The biggest struggle that patients and their relatives face is finding beds. Several patients reach hospitals but cannot get beds and many are seen gasping for air in ambulances outside hospitals.

To ease the crisis, Jain International Trade Organization has come up with 'Oxygen on Wheels'. Several school buses currently not being used have been modified to accommodate six patients each and are occupied with 6 oxygen concentrators and cylinders to patients waiting outside hospitals.