Prioritise oxygen needs while using CSR funds, Stalin urges industries
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May 19, 2021 16:14 IST
During his meeting with representatives from industrial organisations, the Tamil Nadu CM appealed to industrialists to donate generously to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to help the government in the fight against COVID-19
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During his meeting with representatives from industrial organisations, the Tamil Nadu CM appealed to industrialists to donate generously to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to help the government in the fight against COVID-19
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin called upon industrial organisations and commercial associations to contribute towards controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the State. He urged industries to use their CSR contributions towards oxygen concentrators, oxygen generators, oxygen flow-meters and oxygen cylinders.
Oxygen allocation to TN increased to 519 MT, says Stalin
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DMK leader M.K. Stalin. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, May 19 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K Stalin on Wednesday said that the oxygen allocation to the state has been hiked to 519 MT from 419 MT per day, while the state government has given permission for production of 15 MT of oxygen through three plants.
Addressing a meeting of representatives of leading industrial establishments, he said that Covid-19 has exerted huge pressure on the medical infrastructure of the state but doctors and other frontline workers have been working efficiently to meet the challenge.
State running out of drug to treat mucormycosis
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Many families, hospitals finding it difficult to source them
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Many families, hospitals finding it difficult to source them The supply of the anti-fungal drugs Liposomal Amphotericin B or Amphotericin B, which are vital for treating mucormycosis, is drying up in Tamil Nadu with many patients’ families and hospitals finding it difficult to source them.
Mucormycosis, a serious fungal infection now predominantly affecting people post-COVID-19 with uncontrolled diabetes, has been on the rise in several parts of the country. With cases gradually increasing in Tamil Nadu as well, the demand for the drug has shot up.