CAMPCO to set up oxygen plant at Puttur Govt Hospital ; supply jumbo cylinders to various hospitals

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, May 07, 2021:      CAMPCO, the apex co-operative   body of the areca growers has come forward to extend a helping hand in the present Covid times when there has arisen shortage of medical oxygen at  several hospitals.  It has proposed to set up oxygen plant and also  supply  oxygen  cylinders to various hospitals in the state at an estimated cost of Rs one crore.

 

CAMPCO has announced that it will set up an oxygen generation plant at the premises of Puttur Government Hospital. It will also supply jumbo oxygen cylinders to hospitals in Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada, Udupi  as well as hospitals in Kasargod district of the neighbouring Kerala.

In this backdrop CAMPCO is already in touch with Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje, MLAs as well as Deputy Commissioners of the two districts, a  press communique issued by CAMPCO President Kishore Kumar Kodgi and Managing Director H M Krishna Kumar said.