With the fast-spreading impact of the
pandemic in the city, the demand for Liquid
Medical Oxygen (LMO) has increased
substantially. To meet the need of increasing
LMO consumption, Jindal Stainless has
decided to airlift LMO from its facility in
Odisha. The first batch of 14.79 MT of LMO
will be dispatched tonight from the Odisha
facility. The allocation of the LMO will be
according to the demand from various
hospitals. Jindal Stainless has been supplying
LMO to several hospitals in Hisar and nearby
cities as well. In the last few days, the
consumption of LMO has doubled to 18
MT/day. Currently, the Oxygen unit at Hisar is
supplying 9 MT of LMO daily, which is
o p e ra t i n g a t 1 5 0 % o f i t s c a p a c i t y.
Commenting on the development, Managing
Director, Jindal Stainless, Mr Abhyuday
Jindal, said, "We are ready to take all decisions
in the interest of the nation, and saving the
lives of our people is our priority at the
moment. We will airlift the LMO from our
Odisha facility to reduce any loss of time. I am
personally monitoring the status of supply on
a daily basis so that there is no shortage of
oxygen."
In the last couple of weeks, Jindal Stainless has
been consistently supplying LMO to hospitals
like Govt. Hospital Sirsa, Maharishi
Markandeshwar Trust, Ambala, and Gurgaonbased
Medanta, Fortis, and Singhania
Hospital. Additionally, ~150 oxygen cylinders
are being re-filled on a daily basis that are
feeding LMO to Hisar-based hospitals
including Shanti Devi GI Institute Hospital,
Singla Hospital, Sarvodaya Hospital, Civil
Hospital, Sewak Sabha, Geetanjali Hospital,
Sukhda Hospital, Sapra Hospital, Holy
Hospital, Churamani Hospital, Bharat
Hospital, Vardaan Hospital, Gupta Hospital
and Jeevan Jyoti Hospital in Bahadurgarh. The
work to build an emergency COVID Hospital at
the OP Jindal Modern School has been
initiated. It is expected that this hospital will
be ready by May 12.