CM Adityanath directs health and medical education departments to coordinate with such hospitals and take action to ‘balance’ the consumption. Some hospitals in Uttar Pradesh are consuming oxygen several times higher than the average, the State government said on Sunday based on the preliminary report of an oxygen audit conducted by it. The government’s observation comes at a time when hospitals as well as legislators of the ruling BJP are still reporting shortage of oxygen supply. Last month the government announced that it would get an audit done of the sale, purchase and consumption of oxygen through premier institutes such as the IIT-BHU, IIT-Kanpur and IIM-Lucknow for proper monitoring of the medical oxygen. Coronavirus updates | May 9, 2021In the past 24 hours, 950 metric tonnes of oxygen were supplied and distributed in the State, the government said.

Source: The Hindu May 09, 2021 09:47 UTC