Covid-19: CNG fuel cylinder may carry oxygen for hospitals

Staring at high demand for oxygen and its potential shortage in hospitals as the coronavirus disease crisis deepens in the country, the government is now looking to move oxygen in cylinders that move transport fuel CNG.

Several stakeholders including Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), gas cylinder manufacturers, and their transporters have been asked by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to evaluate the technical feasibility of such a move, said sources in the know.

“Guidelines have been prepared by incorporating the major sources of supply of oxygen, oxygen system component, normative requirement of quantity of oxygen and precautions required for handling the oxygen cylinder, including disinfecting cylinders right from the filling point to transportation, loading, unloading, use,