As the civic body prepares for the supply of oxygen to city COVID hospitals and centres, it has been determined that while major private hospitals appear to have enough stock, smaller nursing homes and private hospitals need BMC’s help. As a buffer, the civic body has also kept 500 litres of liquid oxygen at each of the seven zones in the city.

To ensure smaller private hospitals don’t struggle, the BMC will source additional cylinders from hospitals that have them in abundance, in case the supply is hit or delayed.