Five oxygen tankers reach Hyderabad from Odisha
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Hyderabad, April 26 : Telangana on Monday received five tankers loaded with medical oxygen from Odisha, and despatched them to various hospitals in the state treating Covid-19 patients.
Out of nine empty tankers which were airlifted from Hyderabad to Odisha on Friday, five returned with oxygen from the Rourkela Steel Plant of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).
The tankers were sent to the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS), the District Hospital, King Kothi, the Chest Hospital and Are Hospital in Cherlappaly, all in and around Hyderabad and to government hospitals in Khammam and Karimnagar.
Six tankers return from Odisha after oxygen refilling
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Carry 90 MT of oxygen back; eight more tankers to be airlifted from Telangana today
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Carry 90 MT of oxygen back; eight more tankers to be airlifted from Telangana today
Six out of the nine tankers, which had been airlifted to Angul in Odisha through Indian Air Force aircraft (C-17s), returned to Telangana by road on Monday. The six tankers carried over 90 metric tons of oxygen. The remaining three are expected to reach here by Tuesday morning. It was learnt that eight more tankers would again be airlifted on Tuesday morning.
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