Hit hard by India’s recent Covid-19 surge, New Delhi is buying 25 oxygen tankers and building dozens of small oxygen plants
NEW DELHI—Indian cities and states are building oxygen plants and setting up new Covid-19 treatment centers, preparing for the possibility of more surges as theWith oxygen having been in short supply in the recent surge, New Delhi, among the worst-hit places, is buying 25 oxygen tankers for transport, and building 64 small plants and one large one to produce it.
“If a third wave comes, people should not suffer,” Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi’s chief minister, said earlier this month. India’s financial center, Mumbai, is setting up more Covid-19 centers, adding 5,500 beds, including some for children, said Suresh Kakani, a senior official in charge of the city’s health department. That will expand on the 9,000 patients who can be accommodated in current centers, in addition to the beds available at regular hospitals, he said.
“All our new facilities will have a central oxygen-supply system so that there is no shortage,” Mr. Kakani said. Many hospitals in Mumbai and elsewhere in India have historically relied on oxygen cylinders, which were time-consuming and difficult to refill during the recent surge. Mumbai also plans to set up 12 oxygen plants near hospitals, he said.
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