‘Ensure oxygen supplies only for medical purposes’
The Hindu
DC Rohini Sindhuri’s diktat to producers, refilling units; nodal officers to monitor supplies to hospitals
Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri on Thursday told medical oxygen producers and re-filling units to cater only to the needs of hospitals and medical purposes as a measure to ensure unhindered oxygen supplies for handling the current COVID-19 crisis. The DC’s diktat comes a day after Chief Minister B .S Yediyurappa directed all the deputy commissioners to effectively handle the situation without allowing any disruption in medical oxygen supplies to patients. At a meeting with the manufacturers and suppliers here, she told them to strictly comply with the government’s guidelines on oxygen supplies. Oxygen has to be supplied only for medical purposes and to the government-recommended institutes, Ms. Sindhuri said.
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