<p>The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-Camp) has received CSR funding from Mercedes Benz Research & Development India (MBRDI) to deploy 110 oxygen concentrators in public healthcare centres across Karnataka. </p>.<p>The machines that have already arrived in Bengaluru will be deployed in close partnership with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Health Department of Government of Karnataka, C-Camp said in a statement.</p>.<p>Dr Taslimarif Saiyed, C-Camp CEO & Director said, “Oxygen concentrators have the potential to address the critical gap in oxygen supply that we are witnessing across India. Lives can be saved with this technology.”</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/karnataka-home-minister-indicates-stricter-implementation-of-lockdown-measures-in-days-to-come-987890.html" target="_blank">Karnataka Home Minister indicates stricter implementation of lockdown measures in days to come</a></strong></p>.<p>He added that deployment is being done in collaboration with the state government at public healthcare centres including makeshift hospitals and Covid care facilities which especially lack infrastructure for cryogenic oxygen.</p>.<p>The deployment comes, given the prohibitive cost and logistics associated with liquid oxygen tankers and the dearth of pressurized medical oxygen. Oxygen concentrators have emerged as a less expensive, more convenient and foolproof alternative, C-Camp said.</p>.<p>“Oxygen concentrators concentrate the oxygen from ambient air by selectively removing nitrogen to supply an oxygen-enriched gas stream using pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology,” the bioscience research accelerator added.</p>
<p>The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-Camp) has received CSR funding from Mercedes Benz Research & Development India (MBRDI) to deploy 110 oxygen concentrators in public healthcare centres across Karnataka. </p>.<p>The machines that have already arrived in Bengaluru will be deployed in close partnership with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Health Department of Government of Karnataka, C-Camp said in a statement.</p>.<p>Dr Taslimarif Saiyed, C-Camp CEO & Director said, “Oxygen concentrators have the potential to address the critical gap in oxygen supply that we are witnessing across India. Lives can be saved with this technology.”</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/karnataka-home-minister-indicates-stricter-implementation-of-lockdown-measures-in-days-to-come-987890.html" target="_blank">Karnataka Home Minister indicates stricter implementation of lockdown measures in days to come</a></strong></p>.<p>He added that deployment is being done in collaboration with the state government at public healthcare centres including makeshift hospitals and Covid care facilities which especially lack infrastructure for cryogenic oxygen.</p>.<p>The deployment comes, given the prohibitive cost and logistics associated with liquid oxygen tankers and the dearth of pressurized medical oxygen. Oxygen concentrators have emerged as a less expensive, more convenient and foolproof alternative, C-Camp said.</p>.<p>“Oxygen concentrators concentrate the oxygen from ambient air by selectively removing nitrogen to supply an oxygen-enriched gas stream using pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology,” the bioscience research accelerator added.</p>
