Sterlite Copper has undertaken a range of efforts ramping up the health infrastructure of urban health centres (UHC), primary health centres (PHC) and private care centres in Thoothukudi and Thiruchendur.
This includes renovating the third floor in Government Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital, adding 70 oxygen beds, distributing 75 jumbo oxygen cylinders with a capacity of 7000 litres each to multiple healthcare providers, which can help defend against oxygen shortage.
Additional infrastructure support has been provided to health centres in the form of overhead tanks, fire detection and fire-fighting systems, and other medical infrastructure essentials.
42 beds, including 10 critical care beds and 32 oxygen beds have also been provided to the Thiruchendur Government Hospital along with Covid care medical equipment to support relief measures in the area.
In addition to ensuring availability of oxygen, vital medical tools have also been provided to government hospitals in Thoothukudi, Thiruchendur, kayalpatinam, PHCs Mappillaioorani Pudhukotai, Kailasapuram, UHCs in Madathur, Ganesh Nagar, Fatima Nagar, Threspuram, Cruzpuram, Tharuvai Road and Mullakadu.
The medical tools provided to the government hospitals ranges from Nebulisers, Oximeters, Suction machines and Bipap machines, all of which are essential for critical COVID patients and other emergency cases.
Sterlite Copper has so far generated and dispatched over 1217 MT (as on June 26) of liquid oxygen to over 23 districts in Tamil Nadu. A new cylinder bottling unit has also been set up to capture and distribute gaseous oxygen.
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