There have been some media reports alleging that PSA plants installed in State of Chhattisgarh through PM CARES funds are not being maintained well. Such media reports are fallacious and ill-informed. They are not based on facts.
It is clarified that 122 PSA plants are being installed from various sources in the State of Chhattisgarh, of which 49 plants were installed and commissioned under PM CARES. After 1000 hours of running of the PSA plant, Zeolite, an absorbent material used in PSA plants to produce medical grade oxygen, needs to be replaced. As per industry norms, the shelf life of Zeolite is 3-5 years and has to be replaced only after this period. The funds for this have been sanctioned by the State Government of Chhattisgarh.
Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has also been conducting regular weekly reviews and States/ UTs have been time and again urged to complete the installation and commission PSA plants being set up through their various sources.
| State-CSR | Foreign Aid | PSU’s | PM Cares | Grand Total | |||||
| Sanctioned | Commissioned | Sanctioned | Commissioned | Sanctioned | Commissioned | Sanctioned | Commissioned | Sanctioned | Commissioned |
| 64 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 49 | 122 | 91 |
All these PM CARES plants come under standard 1 year of warranty for DRDO plants, 5 years for HLL Infra Tech Services Limited (HITES)* and 10 years for Central Medical Services Society (CMSS)*.
| PSA Agency-Wise Progress | |||
| DRDO | HITES | CMSS | Total |
| Sanctioned | Sanctioned | Sanctioned | Total Commissioned |
| 41 | 4 | 4 | 49 |
* HITES and CMSS including AMC & CAMC
As part of MoHFW weekly review, 13 plants out of 49 were not functional because of site issues or vendor issues which has been already shared with States/Agencies. Details as below:
| # | District | Name of the Hospital | Bed Capacity | Plant Capacity (in LPM) | Agency Allocated | Technical Issues (1) | Explain the issue in detail* (1) | Issue Type |
| 1 | Balrampur | District Hospital Balrampur | 100 | 1000 | DRDO | Others | The plant automatically shuts down after 1000 hours of operation. I have spoken to the plant engineer, he said it needs servicing. | Site Issue |
| 2 | Dhamtari | District Hospital Dhamatri | 88 | 1000 | DRDO | Others | The given contact details is wrong | Site Issue |
| 3 | Jashpur | Community Health Centre Farsabahar | 30 | 250 | DRDO | MGPS issue | Pipeline work is still not completed, its under progress. | Site Issue |
| 4 | Kondagaon | District Hospital Kondagaon | 200 | 500 | DRDO | Electrical Issue | Required 100 KVA transformer for the plant. | Site Issue |
| 5 | Mahasamund | Medical college hospital Mahasamund | 300 | 1000 | HITES | Electrical Issue | Transformer required. | Site Issue |
| 6 | Raigarh | CHC Chaple | 400 | 500 | DRDO | Compressor/stabilizer issue | There is some issue with the compressor. | Vendor Issue |
| 7 | Raigarh | MCH DCH Raigarh | 100 | 1000 | HITES | Compressor/stabilizer issue | Compressor is still not working. | Vendor Issue |
| 8 | Raipur | BR Ambedkar Hospital Medical College | 1280 | 1000 | DRDO | PSA Component Missing/Broken | Air filter breakdown. | Vendor Issue |
| 9 | Raipur | District Hospital Pandri | 100 | 1000 | DRDO | Purity Issue | They get 97 % purity,need to recalliber the plant. | Vendor Issue |
| 10 | Raipur | AIIMS Raipur | 750 | 1000 | DRDO | PSA Component Missing/Broken | When the pressure is low and high the alarm does not indicate. | Vendor Issue |
| 11 | Rajnandgaon | Maternal Child Health Wing Dongargaon | 50 | 250 | DRDO | Purity Issue | Purity is less than 60% | Vendor Issue |
| 12 | Surajpur | District Hospital Surajpur | 100 | 500 | DRDO | Purity Issue | The purity level is not reaching upto the mark. | Vendor Issue |
| 13 | Surguja | MCH Udaipur | 50 | 250 | DRDO | Site issue | Civil work not completed yet (Boundary wall not built) | Site Issue |
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