India
oi-Ajay Joseph Raj P
Mumbai, July 02: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday inaugurated oxygen generating plants at five hospitals run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The total capacity of these five plants, set up through donations from corporates, is around 6.93 metric tons, a BMC release said. The plants have been set up at Kasturba Hospital at Chinchpokali, Cooper Hospital at Vile Parle, Bhabha Hospital at Bandra, Rajawadi Hospital at Ghatkopar and the Covid Care Centre at the Nehru Science Centre.
“We all have undergone a war-like experience to make oxygen available during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic,” Thackeray said after inaugurating the plants through video link.
“Just as the BMC’s performance in Covid management has been hailed around the world as ‘Dharavi…