Mission PRANVAYU – District Collector Mumbai Suburban
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Enhancing Daily Manufacturing Capacity of Oxygen
Problem
- Need for Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) for treatment of critical COVID patients.
- Conversion of Industrial Oxygen into Medical Oxygen.
- Resolving issues of License, Transportation and Local Resistance.
- Crisis Resolution, Prioritisation and Collaboration.
- Resistance from Private Manufacturers.
Solution
- Enhancing capacities of LMO Plants.
- Issuance of Licenses to Industrial Oxygen Manufacturers.
- Organising meetings with local leaders for extending support to LMO plants during the lockdown.
- Deployment of District Teams in all LMO Plants and direct access to the office of the District Collector to all the Plants.
- Deployment of Oxygen nurses in all hospitals to avoid misuse, and abuse of oxygen.
Outcomes
- Enhancing LMO capacity to 650 metric tonnes per day.
- Providing green corridors to LMO tankers and LMO supplied to other districts of Maharashtra and states during the second COVID wave.
- Saved several lives in MMR, Pune, and Nashik divisions besides other districts and states.
- Getting enhanced power permissions, FDA licenses, and even transportation of critical spare parts in golden hours.
- 24 hours functioning of LMO plants.
SKOCH Award Nominee
Category: Health – District
Sub-Category: secHealth – District
Project: Mission PRANVAYU
Start Date: 2020-04-01
Organisation: District Collector Mumbai Suburban
Respondent: Ms. Nidhi Choudhari, District Collector Mumbai Suburban
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Level: Club
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Ms. Nidhi Choudhari, District Collector Mumbai Suburban at nidhi.choudhari@ias.nic.in
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