ELURU: Doctors and Covid-19 patients had anxious moments when oxygen leaked from a tank at Eluru government hospital on Friday. However, the leak was arrested within 45 minutes. Oxygen supply restored to patients through alternative mechanisms. Joint collector Himanshu Shukla said that all patients in the hospital are safe.
Shukla said the leak occurred as the pressure on the safety valve increased. Hospital authorities are monitoring the situation.
Speaking to TOI, hospital superintendent Dr AVR Mohan said that the leak took place from the liquid oxygen tank through the safety valve. The superintendent said that an alternative mechanism of manifold gas cylinders was given to patients immediately to ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply. The leak was plugged within 45 minutes by changing the valve, he said.
Dr Mohan further said that the district hospital in Eluru also has a third oxygen supply alternative in the form of oxygen concentrators which would provide patients oxygen from the air. He informed that 292 Covid-19 patients are currently undergoing treatment at oxygen beds in the hospital.
