Bhubaneswar: In order to ensure adequate oxygen supply amid the Covid pandemic, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid foundation for establishment of liquid oxygen plants in eight districts.

Patnaik through video conferencing laid the foundation stone for Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) Storage Vessel Systems & Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) based oxygen generation plants at district headquarter hospitals in Bargarh, Ganjam, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Rayagada and Malkangiri.

To strengthen the medical infrastructure in the State, Patnaik also inaugurated a 12-bed Special Neonatal Care Unit & OPD Complex at City Hospital in Berhampur, four-bed Dialysis Unit at Sub-Divisional Hospital in Bhanjanagar, PHC at Hugulapata of Kukudahandi block and OPD Complex at Community Health Centre, Bomkei, Digapahandi block in Ganjam district.