Prime Minister Modi on April 27, 2021, chaired a meeting with the top officials in order to review the ongoing COVID-19 situation in India. During the meeting, he asked the officials to rapidly upgrade the healthcare infrastructure in the country.
PM Modi also got an overview of the situation in the country related to medicines, oxygen availability, and health infrastructure.
As per the official release by PMO, the empowered group working on increasing the oxygen supply had briefed the Prime Minister on the ongoing efforts being made to boost the availability and supply of oxygen in the country.
PM Narendra Modi chaired a meeting with top officials to review the Covid-19 relation situation in the country. The Empowered Group working on boosting Oxygen Supply briefed the PM on the efforts being made to ramp up availability and supply of oxygen in the country: PMO pic.twitter.com/XXVlNecE1H
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2021
The high-level meeting was attended by Home Secretary, Cabinet Secretary, Secretary Pharmaceuticals, Secretary I&B, DG ICMR, Member Niti Aayog, Secretary Biotechnology, and other senior officials.
Production of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) increased:
The members during the meeting informed about increasing the allocation of oxygen to the states.
Prime Minister Modi was also informed about the increase in the production of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in India from 5700 MT/day in August 2020 to 8,922 MT on April 25, 2021. By the end of April 2021, the production of LMO has been expected to cross 9250 MT per day.
It was discussed that the production of LMO in the country has increased from 5700 MT/day in August 2020 to the present 8922 MT (on 25th April 2021). The domestic production of LMO is expected to cross 9250 MT/day by the end of April 2021: PMO
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2021
Officials instructed to work closely with state governments:
Prime Minister Modi, during the meeting, instructed the officials to work closely with the state governments for starting the PSA oxygen plants at the earliest.
PM instructed the officials to work closely with state governments to start the PSA Oxygen plants at the earliest. Officers also apprised the PM that they are encouraging states to also set up PSA Oxygen plants: Prime Minister's Office
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2021
While officials briefed him about the working of the Oxygen express Railways Services as well as the international and domestic sorties undertaken by the Indian Air Force for the transportation of oxygen tankers.
The Empowered Group also apprised PM about the efforts being undertaken to improve the awareness regarding COVID-19 among the citizens.
Empowered Group working on communication informed PM on the efforts being undertaken to improve awareness among people. PM was briefed about the functioning of the Oxygen Express, domestic sorties & international sorties undertaken by IAF to transport oxygen tankers: PMO
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2021
PM Modi briefed about COVID management and medical infrastructure
The Empowered Group which has been working on the COVID-19 management and medical infrastructure informed PM Modi of the efforts being taken to increase the availability of ICUs and beds. They informed about the efforts being taken to break the chain of transmission.
Prime Minister Modi in response also stressed the need to ensure that the guidelines regarding the COVID-19 management must be properly implemented by the relevant agencies in all the states.
Empowered Group working on Medical Infrastructure & Covid management briefed PM on efforts being undertaken to ramp up availability of beds/CUs. PM stressed that specific guidelines & strategies evolved regarding Covid management needs to be properly implemented: PMO
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2021
Background:
As India sees the worst-case scenario of COVID-19 infections, the Central Government has been making every effort to boost the country’s health infrastructure.
Amid the oxygen crisis faced by the hospitals all over the country, the state governments have also ramped up their efforts. In the latest, India has been recording more than 3,00,000 cases of COVID-19 every day.
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