Health minister Satya Kumar Yadav has called for an audit on idle PSA (pressure swing absorption) plants purchased at a cost of `105 crore and also high range purchase of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in the government hospitals during the Covid-19.
The minister held a review meeting with the senior officials at Mangalagiri in Guntur district on Monday.
He called for details on LMO purchase to find out whether it was based on ‘demand and supply’ and sought an audit in two week’s time to check the lapses and to recommend measures to rectify them.
The hospitals purchased LMO worth `95.43 crore during 2020-21 and 2021-22 when there was intense prevalence of Covid-19 and purchases worth `60.51 crore were done during 2016-20. Between 2022-26, LMO worth `180.82 crore was purchased.
The minister directed the officials to find out the reason for the huge variation with regard to the demand for oxygen and its supply, and try to reduce the cost being incurred in the purchase, based on actual requirement.
Referring to the requirement of `6.7 crore for repair and maintenance of PSA plants and 161 of them out of 162 becoming unused, he asked officials to justify the huge amount being spent on their maintenance.
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