The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed both the Central government and the Delhi government to file a report by May 27 on the installation of PSA Plants for oxygen generation.

The bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh, while hearing petitions on Covid-related matters said, “The position, as it appears today, is that most of the plants are yet to be installed and made operational. Installation of plants sourced from Indian manufacturers should be prioritised.”

“We direct both the GNCTD and the Union of India to file report in this regard by coming Thursday. We are of the view that if not already done, they should appoint a senior officer to monitor the installation of PSA Plants in Delhi.

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“The beige experience in the NCT of Delhi has had has left a lesson to be learned. It is high time that at least the large hospitals should install their own oxygen plants, which should have capacity of at least two times of the requirement. The demand for oxygen has gone up by five times. It is once in a century event and we hope we’ll soon see the end of it. The Principal Secretary, Health shall made directions in this regards,” added the Court.

A petition has come before the Delhi High Court which has sought directions to the Lieutenant Governor and the Delhi Government to frame guidelines for hospitals to create an Oxygen Master Plan and install oxygen plants in every hospital.

The plea, filed by Jaswinder Singh Jolly, through advocates Naginder Benipal and Harpreet Singh Hora, submitted that this will help save more lives. The High Court bench headed by Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh asked the petitioner to make a representation to the National Task Force constituted by the Supreme Court.

The plea also asked for mandatory directions to hospitals for arrangement of oxygen tankers, uninterrupted oxygen supply points, oxygen ambulances.

The bench of Chief Justice Patel and Justice Singh heard the matter through video conferencing. Justice Jasmeet Singh said: “Recently the Hon’ble Supreme Court has constituted a national task force for the same to look into the issues like this.” With the directive, the court dismissed the petition.

The petitioner submitted that the self-reliance of hospitals having their own oxygen supply chain in the form of oxygen plants on lines of hospitals in Indore, West Bengal, Commonwealth Covid Care Village (Delhi) is imperative to prevent largescale loss of life which has happened in Delhi during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The plea averred that Delhi has also faced the problem of air pollution due to which people have faced health issues and the said problem of air pollution would be another catalyst in deterioration of people’s respiratory system and thus, medical oxygen is a necessity in the present times and the future also.

The petitioner submitted that medical oxygen is critical to treatment of Covid as well as non-Covid patients. The entire available capacity of oxygen is used for supply for industrial and medical use, which is in the form of Liquid Medical Oxygen. The major suppliers for both industrial and medical oxygen are steel plants in the public and private sectors and private entities and the hospitals in Delhi are completely dependent on those external entities for their oxygen and are not self-reliant as on date.

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It said that the state of Delhi is not “Oxygen rich” in terms of medical oxygen as the same is not produced evenly in India. Some states are oxygen producing States such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Jharkhand, but the state of Delhi does not have production capacity and rely on supply of oxygen from oxygen producing states thereby such guidelines and mandatory provisions are necessary to prevent any loss of life in Delhi’s hospitals in the present as well as coming future.

Source: ILNS

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday will hear the plea seeking directions to Lieutenant Governor and GNCTD to frame guidelines for hospitals to create “Oxygen Master Plan” including mandatory directions to hospitals to have their own Oxygen Plants as a licensing requirement for hospital, arrangement of Oxygen tankers, Uninterrupted Oxygen supply points, Oxygen ambulances.

The plea has been filed by Jaswinder Singh Jolly through Advocate Naginder Benipal & Harpreet Singh Hora. 

The petitioner submitted that the self-reliance of hospitals having their own Oxygen supply chain in form of Oxygen plants on lines of hospitals in Indore, West Bengal, Commonwealth Covid Care Village (Delhi) is imperative in order to prevent the large scale loss of life which has happened in Delhi during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The plea averred that Delhi has also faced the problem of air pollution due to which people have faced health issues and the said problem of air pollution would be another catalyst in deterioration of people’s respiratory system and thus, medical oxygen is a necessity in the present times and the future also. It said, “guidelines for “Oxygen Master Plan” including mandatory directions to hospitals to have their own individual Oxygen Plants, Uninterrupted Oxygen supply points, Oxygen ambulances etc. are necessary in the hospitals of Delhi.”

The petitioner submitted Medical oxygen is critical to the treatment of Covid as well as Non-Covid patients. The entire available capacity of oxygen is used for supply for industrial and medical use, which is in the form of Liquid Medical Oxygen. The major suppliers for both industrial and medical oxygen are steel plants in the public and private sectors, and private entities and the hospitals in Delhi are completely dependent on those external entities for their Oxygen & are not self-reliant as on date.

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It said, that the state of Delhi is not “Oxygen rich” in terms of medical oxygen as the same is not produced evenly in India. Some states are oxygen producing States such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Jharkhand but the state of Delhi do not have production capacity and rely on supply of oxygen from oxygen producing States thereby such guidelines and mandatory provisions are necessary to prevent any loss of life in Delhi’s hospitals in the present as well as coming future.

Source: ILNS