KOLLAM: Government hospitals will soon get oxygen in gaseous form at low cost from Chavara KMML which is a PSU. At present, a 7 m cube oxygen cylinder is filled for Rs.400, KML plans to fill it for Rs.300.

70 tons of liquid oxygen is produced per day to be used as a raw material for extracting titanium dioxide from Ilmanate. Of this, only 63 tonnes are used and the remaining oxygen is sold in gas form.

The outward supply of oxygen started in the second wave of covid, when the shortage of oxygen in the hospitals was severe. At that time, liquid oxygen was delivered to hospitals in tankers. Oxygen in gaseous form can be stored in cylinders for long periods of time.

Sale on commercial basis

• More quantity can be stored when liquid oxygen is turned into gas
• Compressor from Korea to raise the pressure of oxygen
• A system to fill 120 cylinders a day
• One hundred cylinders were filled free of cost to Kollam district hospital

Oxygen demand in hospitals

To give to those suffering from lung disease, pneumonia, covid, mouth and lung cancer, cardiac arrest, chest and neck injuries due to accidents and reduced oxygen levels in the body.

A system for filling the cylinders with gaseous oxygen is all set. The production of gaseous oxygen will be increased as per the requirement of government hospitals.

J. Chandra Bose,

MD, KMML