COIMBATORE: Health minister M Subramaniam on Saturday said that there is no oxygen shortage in the district.
“Coimbatore has enough oxygen compared to other districts. ESI Hospital and CMCH have 100-litre and 200-litre plants. We are advising private hospitals to use oxygen judiciously and reduce consumption, learning from government hospitals,” he said.
ESI Hospital found that oxygen saturation increases from 91 to 95 when Covid patients are in the prone position, thus reducing the need to give them more oxygen, the minister said. He met representatives of private hospitals and visited Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH), in between inspecting ESI and CMCH to understand oxygen requirements.
Special vaccination camp for industry workers
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The camp will continue at the Trade Fair Complex till April 15
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To contain infection: MSME unit owners, workers and staff getting inoculated at Codissia Trade Fair Complex on Sunday.
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The camp will continue at the Trade Fair Complex till April 15 Nearly 500 people got vaccinated against COVID-19 at a special camp held at Codissia Trade Fair Complex here on Sunday for MSME units.
B. Karthigaivasan, General Manager of District Industries Centre, which co-ordinated the camp, said totally 490 people from 75 MSMEs were vaccinated. These included unit owners, staff, and workers. The camp will continue at the Trade Fair Complex till Thursday (April 15) and can be extended, if needed. Apart from this, the DIC and Health Department plan to organise camps at Pollachi, SIEMA premises (April 14), SIDCO Industrial Estate at Kurichi, and at individual industries. By Apr
Industries urged to vaccinate all workers aged above 45
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AAA The State government has urged all industries to ensure that workers and staff aged 45 and above are vaccinated in the next two to three weeks, to control the spread of COVID-19. Senior officials of Industries and MSME Departments had a meeting with industry associations on Wednesday.
According to Coimbatore District Small Industries’ Association president M.V. Ramesh Babu, and Southern India Mills’ Association secretary general K. Selvaraju, who took part in the meeting, the government has said that if an industry had more than 100 workers, vaccination camps could be organised on the industry premises. If larger units have in-house medical centres, these can be used as vaccination hubs so that nearby industries also benefit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
COIMBATORE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday dedicated to the nation NLC’s two 500 MW thermal power plants built at a cost of Rs 8,000 crore and a 709 MW solar power plant.
At a function in Coimbatore’s Codissia Trade Fair Complex, the PM also laid the foundation stone for the modernization of lower Bhavani project.
He inaugurated a slew of infrastructure and housing projects for western and southern regions. They included integrated command control centres in nine smart cities and a 5MW solar power plant in Tuticorin.
A rail overbridge and widening of the Korampallam surplus centre were inaugurated for V O Chidambaranar Port Trust in Tuticorin.