NEW DELHI: The Delhi government, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India, opened an oxygen generation plant in GB Pant Hospital on Monday to supplement the hospital's oxygen supply.

Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology is used to create up to 1,050 litres of oxygen per minute at the oxygen plant. It will serve about 750 hospital beds at Gobind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, including ventilator-assisted beds and the intensive care unit.

In the presence of Shoko Noda, UNDP Resident Representative in India, Neeraj Gupta, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Delhi Government, Dr Anil Aggrawal, Director, GB Pant Hospital, Dr Suresh Kumar, Medical Director, LNJP Hospital, and Dr R K Kalra, Medical Superintendent, GB Pant Hospital, Kanni Wignaraja, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Director for Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific, launched the oxygen
commenting on the development, Dr. Anil Aggrawal, Director of GB Pant Hospital said, "We are grateful to UNDP and the government for their support and service for the PSA plant, which would be of great assistance at this time of need."

The hospital is a nationally recognised super-speciality tertiary care centre that receives referrals from all around the country.

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