Hyderabad: Telangana got five tankers loaded with medical oxygen from Odisha on Monday, and immediately sent them to various hospitals in the state treating COVID-19 patients.
Among the nine empty tankers that were airlifted from Hyderabad to Odisha on Friday, five returned with oxygen-filled from the Rourkela Steel Plant of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).
Odisha sent the tankers to the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS), the District Hospital, King Kothi, the Chest Hospital and Are Hospital in Cherlappaly, all in and around Hyderabad and to government hospitals in Khammam and Karimnagar.
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