State well being minister C Vijayabaskar stated on Tuesday that the Centre has taken the choice ‘with out consulting the state’ and the transfer has affected the state’s plan to make sure seamless provide of the lifesaving fuel. “We’re prepared to assist all our neighbours. We did so even in the course of the peak of 2020 disaster. However the Centre ought to have taken the bottom actuality under consideration. We can be taking on this situation with the Union well being minister quickly,” he stated.
On April 18, Nationwide Well being Mission joint director Nipun Vinayak wrote to fifteen states in regards to the revised provide plan for oxygen after a evaluate meet of the empowered group on oxygen provide. Reallocation was made for Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi and Rajasthan superseding the allocations made on April 15.
“Based on earlier allocation by the Centre, Tamil Nadu’s provide would have elevated to 320 metric tonnes by April 25 and to 465 tonnes by the month-end. However, as per the revised order, every of those states has received 360 metric tonnes of oxygen in comparison with 200 tonnes for Tamil Nadu,” Vijayabaskar stated. The Tamil Nadu Medical Companies Company, he stated, has elevated oxygen storage capability by almost 3 times at authorities hospitals.
On Tuesday, state well being officers additionally advised well being ministry throughout a video name that the one buffer on the worst-affected district, Chennai, was now being taken away. Additionally they argued that Andhra Pradesh had the Vizag metal plant from the place the state may draw provides.
Final yr, on the peak on July 31, Tamil Nadu had 57,968 energetic circumstances. For about two to a few days round that point, the oxygen requirement jumped to 280 metric tonnes. “If we assume that energetic circumstances double in comparison with final yr, the estimate for oxygen requirement, after together with issues of delay in therapy, will go as much as round 500 metric tonnes,” a senior official stated.