163 oxygen plants set up in MP after facing shortage during Covid-19 second wave: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh has set up 163 oxygen plants after facing a shortage during the Covid-19 second wave, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.

Madhya Pradesh has set up 163 oxygen plants, generating over 182 metric tonnes (MT) of life-saving gas per day so far, after facing scarcity during the second wave of Covid-19, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.

In March 2020 (before the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak), oxygen generation plants were not available in any of the government hospitals in the state, the chief minister noted.