Health department sources said the five municipal corporations have been provided with 1000 oxygen concentrators, which will be made available to patients free of cost.
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Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that it would help reduce pressure on oxygen cylinders in the MKCG Medical College and Hospital that caters to the needs of south Odisha districts, particularly Ganjam.
Assuring that the Government is taking all possible measures to save precious lives, the Chief Minister said the oxygen supply management is being monitored on an hourly basis. The state is further strengthening oxygen management through purchase of oxygen cylinders, the establishment of oxygen-generating facilities and deployment of LMO containers. To plan for future oxygen requirement and management, a task force has also been set up, said Odisha CM.
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ATM maintenance personnel and banking correspondents will be categorised as frontline workers for vaccination.
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BHUBANESWAR : In a significant move, the State government on Thursday declared employees of various important departments, financial sector as well as essential service providers as frontline Covid workers for priority in vaccination.
In a letter to district collectors, Additional Chief Secretary of Health PK Mohapatra said forest officials and guards, railway staff, all banking staff, employees of insurance companies, National Payments Corporation of India, payment system providers, operators and vendors, staff of cash logistics companies, ATM maintenance personnel and banking correspondents will be categorised as frontline workers for vaccination.