<span style="color: #222222;">The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations, PM CARES Fund Trust is allocating Rs. 201.58 crore for installation of additional 162 dedicated Pressure Swing Adsorption, PSA Medical Oxygen Generation Plants inside public health facilities in the country.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The total project cost includes Rs. 137.33 crore towards supply and commissioning of the plants and Management fee of Central Medical Supply Store and around Rs. 64.25 crore towards Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The procurement will be done by the Central Medical Supply Store which is an autonomous body of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A total of 162 plants with total capacity of 154.19 MT are to be installed in 32 States and UTs. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Government hospitals where these plants are to be installed have been identified in consultation with the States and UTs concerned.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The plants have a warranty for first 3 years. For the next 7 years, the project includes Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Routine Operations and Maintenance are to be done by the hospitals or States. After the Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract period, entire Operations and Maintenance will be borne by the hospitals or States.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This mechanism will further strengthen public health system and enable long term systematic augmentation of medical oxygen availability in a cost effective manner.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Adequate and uninterrupted supply of oxygen is an essential pre-requisite for managing moderate and severe cases of COVID -19, in addition to various other medical conditions where this need arises.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Installation of PSA Oxygen Concentrator Plants in public health facilities is an important step to reduce the health facility's dependence on the system of store and supply and to enable these facilities to have their own oxygen generation capacity.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This will not only increase the total oxygen availability pool of the States and UTs, but also facilitate providing of oxygen support in timely manner to patients in these public health facilities.</span><br />