To optimise the use of oxygen, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has hired 35 oxygen nurses for its Vashi Covid-19 centre. The nurses have been trained to keep an eye on the oxygen supply to each and every patient and will make sure which patient needs how much oxygen. Officials said NMMC will try to save as much oxygen as possible through this move.

Patients on oxygen are currently supplied with the life-saving gas non-stop, irrespective of what they are doing. This leads to some wastage, said an official, stressing the need for monitoring the supply.