Pune: PM Modi Dedicates Oxygen Plant At Dalvi Hospital, Says Medical Colleges To Be Set Up In Every District

Sumit Singh

Pune, 7th October 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that till 6-7 years ago, only a few states had the facility of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), today work is being done to take AIIMS to every state.

He said we are moving fast from 6 AIIMS to build a strong network of 22 AIIMS. It is also the goal of the government that there must be at least one medical college in every district of the country.

The Prime Minister virtually dedicated 35 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Plants established under PM CARES, across 35 States and Union Territories, in an event held at AIIMS Rishikesh, Uttarakhand today.

A 1700 LPM capacity PSA plant was also inaugurated at Dalvi Hospital of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) through the Ministry of Power and CSR of REC Foundation.

Mayor Murlidhar Mohol, Deputy Mayor Sunita Wadekar, Pune Municipal Commissioner Vikram Kumar, Shiv Sena group leader Prithviraj Sutar, corporator Aditya Malve, corporator Sonali Landage, health department chief Dr Ashish Bharti, Dean of Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College Ashish Bhanginwar, Head of Information Technology Department Rahul Jagtap, Assistant Health Officer Dr Anjali Sabne, Manisha Shekatkar of Electricity Department etc. were present.

Mayor Mohol said, “While taking steps towards a self-reliant India under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the Pune Municipal Corporation became self-sufficient in oxygen and it is a matter of satisfaction and pride for the people of Pune that one of these plants was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. In future, PMC will not be dependent on anyone for oxygen.”

The Prime Minister said the facilities India prepared in such a short timespan to fight the Corona pandemic, shows the capability of our country. Network of about 3000 testing labs were created from just 1 testing lab, before the pandemic. India has transformed from being an importer to an exporter of masks and kits. Facilities of new ventilators were made available even in remote areas of the country. India has made rapid and large-scale manufacturing of Made in India Corona Vaccine. India has implemented the world’s largest and fastest vaccination campaign.

The Prime Minister said in normal days, India used to produce 900 metric tons of liquid medical oxygen a day. As the demand increased, India increased the production of medical oxygen by more than 10 times. He added that this was an unimaginable goal for any country in the world, but India has achieved it.

The Prime Minister remarked that it is a matter of pride for every Indian that 93 crore doses of corona vaccine have been administered. Very soon India will cross the 100 crore mark. He said India has shown the way to the whole world by building the Cowin platform that shows how vaccination is done on such a large scale.
The Prime Minister said now the government does not wait for the citizens to come to it with their problems and then take any action. He said that this misconception is being removed from the government mindset and system. Now the government goes to the citizens.