Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dedicated 35 Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) Oxygen Plants established under PM CARES, across 35 states and union territories, in an event held at AIIMS Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. With this, all districts of the country will now have commissioned PSA Oxygen Plants. Union Ministers, Governor, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, state ministers and healthcare professionals were present on the occasion.

The Prime Minister said the facilities India prepared in such a short timespan to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, shows the capability of India. A network of about 3000 testing labs was created from just 1 testing lab, before the pandemic. India has transformed from being an importer to an exporter of masks and kits. Facilities of new ventilators were made available even in remote areas of the country. India has made rapid and large-scale manufacturing of Made in India Covid-19 vaccine. India has implemented the world's largest and fastest vaccination campaign.

The Prime Minister said in normal days, India used to produce 900 metric tons of liquid medical oxygen a day. As the demand increased, India increased the production of medical oxygen by more than 10 times.

The Prime Minister remarked that it is a matter of pride for every Indian that 93 crore doses of the corona vaccine have been administered. Very soon India will cross the 100 crore mark. He said India has shown the way to the whole world by building the Cowin platform that shows how vaccination is done on such a large scale.

The Prime Minister noted that till 6-7 years ago, only a few states had the facility of AIIMS, today work is being done to take AIIMS to every state. He said the country is moving fast from 6 AIIMS to build a strong network of 22 AIIMS. It is also the goal of the government that there must be at least one medical college in every district of the country..