Odisha: Bayer launches 500 LPM oxygen plant in Rairakhol hospital

Bhubaneswar: Bayer launched an oxygen plant with 500 LPM capacity at Rairakhol Sub Divisional Hospital in Sambalpur district on Friday as part of its CSR initiative to strengthen healthcare facilities in the area.

The plant has been set up with a capacity to supply up to 100 beds in the hospital and aims to fulfill the critical need for medical-grade oxygen in a hospital. The pressure swing absorption (PSA) Oxygen plant will generate, supply and store 93-95 percent Pure Medical Oxygen for about 100 Oxygenated Beds. This will allow the hospital to also run coronary care units (CCU), intensive care units (ICU) and Operation Theatres (OT) in the future.

The sub-divisional hospital currently has a 100-bedded capacity and the newly installed oxygen plant is scaled to serve over 400 patients in need of oxygen support every month. The dedicated oxygen plant will ensure a steady and stable supply of oxygen to the needy patients in the hospital, a critical factor in saving lives.

District Collector Dibya Jyoti Parida who inaugurated the plant, said, "The private sector can play an important role in supporting the government to strengthen health facilities across the country. The hospital caters to a population of almost 70,000 residents in the area and with the activation of the oxygen plant, critical patients in need of oxygen will get the much-needed supply directly from the plant.

Bayer, which has been working in the field of healthcare for over 100 years, is working closely with various partners to strengthen the infrastructure in public hospitals through corporate social responsibility initiative, said Rachana Panda, Vice-President, and Country Head- Communications, Public Affairs, and Sustainability, South Asia, Bayer Apart from Sambalpur district, Bayer is also setting up oxygen plants in the Raichur district of Karnataka, Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh, and Guwahati in Assam, Panda said.

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