INOX Air Products Empowering Hospitals Of West Bengal In COVID Battle With a Relentless Supply Of Medical Oxygen

INOX Air Products (INOXAP), one of India’s largest manufacturers of Industrial & Medical Gases, has been awarded of contract for supply of Liquid Medical Oxygen by West Bengal Medical Services Corporation Limited, Kolkata for for 3 of Government ear marked COVID care hospitals viz. M R Bangur Super Speciality Hospital, M R Bangur District Hospital and ID&BG Hospital Beliaghata.
INOXAP has been supplying Medical Oxygen through it’s channel partners to more than 100 hospitals in West Bengal in their battle against COVID-19, by ensuring a relentless supply of Medical Oxygen ever since the pandemic broke out in the State. Being the largest producer of Medical Oxygen in the state of West Bengal, INOXAP has been supplying LMO to various Government and Privately-run hospitals across the State including Apollo Gleneagles Medical Centre, Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital (JGIMS).
With the largest storage capacity of 1000 MT (Metric Tonnes) and the widest distribution infrastructure in the State, INOXAP has been ably performing this critical task of LMO supplies with its fleet of 54 specialized Cryogenic Tankers having a total trunking capacity of 380,000 Litres of Oxygen and through its network of authorized re-fillers.
Talking about the efforts made by INOXAP, Mr. Siddharth Jain, Director, INOX Group said, “We are extremely thankful to WBMSCL and the Health Ministry for entrusting us with this extremely critical responsibility and for showing faith in our capabilities. We admire the work done by the Govt of West Bengal in handling the pandemic in the State so far. Oxygen has been an extremely critical element in the treatment and recovery processes for patients infected with COVID19. With our relentless efforts to ensure the supply of Medical Oxygen across the hospitals in the State, we take pride in supporting the Government in this battle. I would also take this opportunity to commend the efforts made by our team, the employees at the manufacturing units and the brave and fearless drivers, who have been putting in additional efforts to ensure that the supply is not interrupted at any cost. INOXAP is committed towards the State’s and the Country’s battle against this pandemic.”
In August 2019, INOXAP commissioned a State of the Art Ultra High Purity Cryogenic Medical and Industrial Gases manufacturing unit with a manufacturing capacity of 200 Metric Tonnes per day, in Barjora in Bankura District.
At the country level, INOXAP is supplying almost 60% of Medical Oxygen supplies nationwide. To meet the sustained pan India demand of Medical Oxygen, INOXAP has installed 64 Jumbo Tanks in the past 4 months, at various major COVID hospitals across India with a storage capacity 4 Lakh Litres. Nationally, INOXAP has a dedicated fleet of 550 Transport Tanks and more than 600 Drivers, to facilitate supply to more than 800 Hospitals across India.