Bharuch: UPL Ltd., India?s leading crop-protection Company has aligned its resources to produce Oxygen for COVID treatment. This decision by UPL was taken to meet the nationwide shortage caused by the surge in COVID cases. The company has converted four of its nitrogen production plants at Gujarat to produce and deliver oxygen to four hospitals in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. These plants have been skid mounted and delivered directly to the hospital sites for them to be plugged into the hospital?s oxygen eco-system to help attain self-sufficiency in supply. This innovation by UPL caters to 200-250 beds at each of these hospitals including ICU patients.

Commenting on this development, Jai Shroff, CEO of UPL Ltd. said, ?At UPL we are true to our value of being ? ?Always Human? and committed to providing support to the best of our abilities in these tough times. We would contribute in meeting the growing demand for oxygen in India which is a key requirement in this second wave of Covid.

UPL has diverted its resources and aiming all efforts at helping ease the burden by converting the nitrogen plants and making oxygen available directly to the hospitals. This also helps to address the larger issues of transportation, tankers, etc.”

One of such plants at Hariya Rotery hospital in Vapi in South Gujarat was inaugurated today by Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil. It can supply oxygen to 20 ventilator beds for round the clock. The plant can refill 35-40 oxygen bottles daily. It procues 94 percent pure oxygen. It has been erected in onl 3 days by UPL.