PSU miner Coal India (CIL) will install 25 medical oxygen plants in 22 hospitals, 20 of which will together produce 12,700 litre of oxygen per minute. Four other plants will together generate 750 cubic metre per hour and one will be a refilling plant.
Of the 25 plants, five will be installed at CIL’s own hospitals with 332 beds in all, and the remaining 20 plants will be installed in 20 government-run district hospitals across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh. The plants in district hospitals will be set up under the company’s corporate social responsibility scheme.