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Bharat Petroleum Kochi Refinery to supply medical oxygen to Govt. Hospitals in Kerala

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will be supplying medical oxygen from its Kochi Refinery in view of the shortage of the same for critical patients of COVID-19. The Company will be supplying around 1.5 tonnes per day of oxygen to Government Hospitals from this facility.

Last year, the Company had supplied around 40 tonnes of medical oxygen when the average daily cases had risen in October-November 2020. Currently, the Company has around 20 tonnes of storage of oxygen from which the government hospitals will be supplied. This supply shall be free of cost to Government Hospitals.