MUMBAI : State-run Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) has started free supply of 150 metric tonnes of oxygen to hospitals in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, it said in a statement on Monday.
The move follows the government’s decision to prohibit the supply of oxygen for industrial use, barring nine select sectors, by manufacturers from 22 April in view of the shortage of medical oxygen across hospitals amid a spike in covid-related casualties.
“The first batch of the lifesaver medical grade oxygen was dispatched today to Maha Durga Charitable Trust Hospital, New Delhi. Delhi is already facing an oxygen emergency situation,” IOC added.
