MADHYAPUR THIMI: At when the nation is confronting a serious deficiency of oxygen for COVID-19 patients, numerous nearby levels have begun building oxygen plant in their own ventures and endeavors. On Tuesday a few medical clinics in Bhaktapur area gave a notification saying they were in critical need of oxygen and numerous patients would need to be released if there was no inventory of oxygen on schedule.
Meanwhile, Nepal-Korea Friendship Municipality Hospital, run by Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, begun creating oxygen from Friday by developing an oxygen plant on the medical clinic premises. The district contributed around Rs. 6 million to develop the oxygen plant for the emergency clinic, said Madan Sundar Shrestha, Mayor of the Municipality
As of now, 42 COVID-19 tainted individuals are being treated at the clinic. "At any rate 10 tainted individuals got back from the medical clinic on Thursday since we were unable to concede them because of absence of oxygen. Every one of the patients conceded to the medical clinic are in oxygen support. Seven patients are being treated at ICU (Incentive Care Unit), 14 patients are in the high-reliance unit (HDU) and four are in the Critical Care Unit. Different patients are accepting treatment at the crisis ward," Mayor Shrestha said.
"It took us a half year to finish the entire cycle. The oxygen plant was brought from China before the lockdown produced results in the country. So it has gotten simple for us to begin the creation when the COVID-19 patients are in desperate need of oxygen," Mayor Shrestha said.
The oxygen plant is a smaller air blower dependent on PSA innovation, which is developed without precedent for Kathmandu Valley, Mayor Shrestha asserted. As per Dr. Dipendra Kumar Raushan, clinical director of the medical clinic, the oxygen plant will deliver up to 30 chambers of oxygen in a day, each with a limit of creating 6000 liters. That implies the plant can deliver 180,000 liters of oxygen in a day. "Consistently 75 to 80 chambers are being burned-through in the emergency clinic. Genuine patients need 15 liters of oxygen in a moment. Oxygen need fluctuates from one patient to another," Dr. DK Raushan said.
A genuine patient requires four/five chambers every day. The oxygen created from the plant will be adequate for the patients conceded to the emergency clinic until further notice, Mayor Shrestha said. "On Tuesday, the oxygen was nearly completed in the clinic and patients there were going to be released, yet with proceeded with endeavors the clinic had the option to get 17 chambers of oxygen from the public authority share so the patients had the option to get treatment with no issue," Mayor Shrestha said.
Professional Ajay Ghimire, who has been associated with oxygen plant establishment in different emergency clinic, said that the plant would straightforwardly supply oxygen to the patients through the pipeline. "The plant comprises of four chambers, and it supplies oxygen straightforwardly to the patients by retaining it from the air around," he said.