L&T delivers oxygen generating units to two Surat hospitals

L&T on May 16 delivered oxygen generating units to two hospitals in Surat.

According to a press release, SMIMER Hospital and New Civil Hospital received the first of the 22 oxygen generators capable of producing 700 liters/minute of oxygen.

Upon arrival of various items from different parts of the globe including locally within India, the 22 oxygen generator units are being manufactured, assembled and tested at L&T’s Hazira manufacturing complex, before being dispatched to hospitals across India that are facing an acute oxygen shortage.

L&T’s long-term solution is expected to meet the medical-grade oxygen demand in the country to serve hospitals for the next 10-15 years, said the release further.

SN Subrahmanyan, CEO & MD, L&T, said, “L&T remains steadfast in its commitment to working together with the authorities at a local and national level, to ensure every citizen is supported with the medical infrastructure needed to overcome this pandemic to the extent we can.”