BMC to conduct oxygen audit of Civic hospitals to cut wastage

Mumbai: BMC has decided to conduct oxygen audits of all hospitals in the city to ensure that life-saving gas is not wasted. Civic officials said the audit would help determine exactly how much oxygen each patient needs in each hospital to prevent disasters caused by famine. We are going through the previous oxygen audit reports of a few large companies. We will soon finalize the methodology and conduct an oxygen audit of all civil hospitals,” said Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) P Velrasu. 

 

On Tuesday, Dr. in charge of the state's oxygen audit. We met with Prashant Narnaware. BMC officials said that out of the 240 metric tonnes of oxygen required for Mumbai every day, 170-180 metric tonnes is being used from oxygen tanks installed in major hospitals. The remaining 60 MT of jumbo and dura cylinders will be loaded at Navi Mumbai's two plants. Approximately 15,000-17,000 patients require oxygen support daily. ICU patients need 25 litters per minute and those in bed with oxygen need 10 litters per minute.

 

Therefore, understanding the full requirements of Mumbai, detailed micro-planning is essential for successful oxygen management said Velrasu, who played a key role in forming ‘Oxygen Teams’ to address the city’s famine by May 2020. Civic officials said the state government has set oxygen quotas for each district due to a shortage in hospitals.