Locally manufactured medical oxygen to be available soon
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 15, 2013:
Manipur Oxygen Plant Private Limited located at Joypur Khunou in Bishnupur district has begun manufacturing medical oxygen and this product would hit the market soon.
Addressing media persons at the launching function of this locally manufactured medical oxygen product at Hotel Anand Continental here today, Managing Director of Manipur Oxygen Plant Khagemba Sanabam said that there would be no shortage of medical oxygen in the State.
Earlier, the hospitals in the State had to face acute shortage of medical oxygen at times of economic blockades along the national highways.
Lack of such vital medical product is a serious issue, but there would be no such problem in the State with the commissioning of this oxygen plant.
The State Health Department has also issued manufacturing license to the plant, he noted.
He further said that the plant has the capacity of producing 400 cylinders of medical oxygen daily, but the hospitals in the State require only about 2000 cylinders in a month.
Earlier, the hospitals procured medical oxygen from other states and they faced problems during transportation.
But now, the hospitals would be able to procure the oxygen at a lesser cost with convenient transportation facilties, Khagemba added.
The oxygen has been set up for a cost of about Rs.four crores and it has the state-of-the-art equipments for manufacturing and testing of oxygen.