Inauguration of Oxygen Plant with Pipeline and Firefighting system at Deendayal Port Trust Hospital , Gopalpuri, Gandhidham, Gujarat

Deendayal Port, the No.1 Major Port of India, under Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, has successfully installed Medical Oxygen Generator Unit with Medical oxygen copper piping network and associated facilities like Firefighting system and Automatic oxygen source changeover system through oxygen cylinder bank, at Port Colony hospital, Gopalpuri, Gandhidham (Kutch), to cater the treatment of patients at Hospital.

Deendayal Port is first port amongst all major ports to install & commission such oxygen generation unit in this pandemic scenario. The installed oxygen generator unit is of having capacity 20 cu.m./ hr., i.e., 20,000 liters/hr. @ 5-6 bar pressure, which is equivalent to approx. 03 nos. Jumbo cylinders per hour, which can be utilized for treatment of COVID as well as other patients of DPT staffs & relatives and all mankind in the locality, at the Port hospital. The system will eliminate the hardship of frequent refilling the cylinders for treatment of patients which is very cumbersome process, and will ensure smooth and continuous oxygen supply to the hospital.

The Oxygen Unit generates oxygen gas by the continuous process of pressure swing adsorption methods through imported Molecular oxygen sieves in pressurized state in the unit and finally delivers oxygen of minimum 93% purity.

The Medical oxygen copper piping network is installed for distribution of medical oxygen gas connects to each bed oxygen-fitting of all wards in the hospital viz., Male ward, Female ward, Children ward, Maternity ward, Special rooms, proposed ICU room, VIP rooms, Operation theater, Isolation ward, etc. The network pipeline consists of heavy copper seamless pipes of various sizes to assure uniform oxygen pressure distribution throughout the network with oxygen regulators, flow meter and control valves to 78 bed-points of the mentioned wards in the hospital. The pipeline network is equipped with Low oxygen pressure alarm system to alert the hospital well-before any undue oxygen supply malfunction, leakage etc.

An Oxygen cylinder bank, as an alternate source for oxygen supply to the hospital is also installed near the Oxygen Generation Unit, with ‘Automatic Oxygen-source Changeover system’ for changing-over to the cylinder bank source in case of any failure of the oxygen generation unit,power failure and vice-versa.

Modern Firefighting System is installed at Port Colony Hospital with standard features of Fire Alarm system, Smoke detection system & Fire Sprinkler system in the wards and rooms of the hospital, Auto Start flow switch panel, Fire Extinguishers etc. The Firefighting system is having pump capacity of 650 liters per minute (lpm) and consists of Main pump, jockey pump, heavy duty piping of various sizes throughout the hospital premises for assuring sufficient flow & pressure, safety signages etc.

Fire Safety Certificate for the complete system installed in the hospital, has been issued by Regional Fire Officer, Govt. of Gujarat.

DPT stands with Nation to fight against COVID, and services to Mankind in the area.