Amid alleged reports of black marketing and inflated billing for essential medical supplies required for the prevention and treatment of Covid-19, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Sunday directed officials to curb the black marketing of oxygen at any cost.
Presiding over a review meeting in Lucknow, Adityanath asked officials to ensure uninterrupted oxygen availability in the state's Covid-19- designated hospitals with an additional 48 hour oxygen backup inventory even as he said that oxygen production units needed to be operated at optimum capacity.
He underlined that adequate and ready availability of essential medical supplies, including personal protection equipment (PPE) kits, face