Lucknow: Committed to providing quality health care services along with improving the medical infrastructure of Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi government has paved the way for setting up of liquid oxygen storage tanks in nine autonomous state medical colleges as well as approved financial grants for several pending projects.
The financial and administrative clearance has been granted for disbursing a total amount of Rs 86.58 lakh to establish liquid oxygen storage tanks in autonomous state medical colleges of Kanpur Dehat, Bijnor, Pilibhit, Auraiya, Gonda, Chandauli, Lalitpur, Sonbhadra, and Lakhimpur Kheri through this initiative.
Consequently, the way has been cleared for providing funds of Rs 9.62 lakh, including GST for setting up liquid oxygen storage tanks in each of the autonomous state medical colleges.
Viewing the shortage of liquefied oxygen, on July 11 of this year, autonomous state medical colleges in Kanpur Dehat, Bijnor, Pilibhit, Auraiya, Gonda, Chandauli, Lalitpur, Sonbhadra, and Lakhimpur Kheri had urged state government’s assistance in establishing units for liquid oxygen storage tanks.
The step of the Yogi Government will help overcome patients at all shortage of oxygen at all these autonomous state medical colleges, ensuring easy access of patients to diagnosis within their respective districts
