Coal India Limited (CIL) is pumping Rs . 35 Crores into installation of 25 Oxygen generation Plants, across 22 hospitals, to revive increased supply of the lifesaving gas. Residents of Jharkhand will be benefitted as a subsidiary of Coal India in the State would supply oxygen to the patients from its two upcoming oxygen generation plants in Ranchi and Ramgarh.
Of the 25 plants, five are being installed at CILs own hospitals at an of Rs. 4.25 Crores covering 332 beds. Of these five, Central Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, will be putting up two plants at a total investment of Rs. 1.57 Crores — one at Central Hospital, Gandhi Nagar, Ranchi with 700 litres per minute capacity supporting 70 beds. The other of 500 litres per minute capacity will be set up at Ramgarh Hospital catering to the oxygen needs of 50 beds.
These oxygen generation plants will be set up in CILs own hospitals and in district hospitals where four of CILs subsidiaries operate to support 3,328 beds.
While the combined oxygen generation capacity of 20 plants is a little above 12,700 litres /minute, four of the plants together generate 750 Cubic metres per hour. One is a refill plant.