Medical Oxygen Mandate and Blazes Inhibition in Emerging Hospital ICUs, India

Abstract

Aims and Objective: Pure Oxygen proved palliative care or considered a lifesaving drug causing innumerable deaths due to its inaccessibility against SARS-COVID-19. Medical oxygen (MOX) availability in COVID Care Hospitals (CCHs) in India was scanty during the peak period of the pandemic. The fatalities, trauma, and fire incidences in CCHs had increased multifold. Methodology: The major fires in hospitals from March 2020 were collected from media and past literature and analyzed considering causalities, time, sectors, pre-pandemic, etc. The world faced MOX shortages and infrastructural lags with wildfire hazards in CCHs have forced the research. The fire incidents in major hospitals, globally, and 150 hospitals in India are analyzed from the 20th century onwards. Focused Area: The SARS-2 virus has been undergoing many mutations and remediation to date. MOX supply chain was observed distorted from the manufacturer, to end users during its 2nd phase. The existing architecture of COVID beds, space, MOX demand, resource management, and heating Ventilating & air conditioning (HVAC) bottlenecks needs rebuilding. Results and Future Research: The blazes in the early 20th century were mainly due to curtains, kitchens, chimneys, etc. whereas electrical short circuits cause the 21st-century hospital blazes from HVAC systems and surges in oxygen levels in ICUs. The higher oxygen level and poor maintenance of electrical gadgets are the attributes. The blazing timing causes were from 6 PM to 8 AM, mostly in Government hospitals. This study can prioritize and stimulate curative measures in hospital fire safety and epidemiology of MOX generation, storing, transportation, and carriage in case of future biological disasters.