Now Doctor Prescription mandatory for buying, refilling oxygen cylinders in UP
Officials have been deployed to oxygen filling centres to ensure there is no black marketing. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that police should also be deputed at filling centres.;
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has now made a doctor's prescription mandatory for buying oxygen or refilling cylinders. Additional chief secretary (information) Navneet Sehgal said the decision was taken to curb the hoarding of oxygen cylinders in homes.
"While we are continuously taking steps to ensure oxygen supply and it will not be possible to meet the rising demand, if people begin hoarding oxygen at home in anticipation of an emergency. Oxygen will now be sold only if one presents a doctor's prescription, even if it's on WhatsApp," he said.
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Officials have been deployed to oxygen filling centres to ensure there is no black-marketing. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said that police should also be deputed at filling centres.
Sehgal said, 31 hospitals in the state are also setting up an air separator to manufacture oxygen from the air, thus curbing dependence on liquid oxygen supply.
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