Uttam Air Products launches the only Oxygen Plant in Leh

Uttam Air Products, a leading gas manufacturer with an excellent record in the manufacturing and distribution of medical and industrial gases for over 35 years, recently set up an Oxygen Plant at the Indian army base camp in Leh, Ladakh. Uttam is the first ever gas manufacturing company in the country to take up a project in association with DIPAS - a research organization under the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Min. of Defense, Govt. of India for Ladakh.

At 10,500 feet above the seal level, the environmental conditions in Leh are hostile with low concentrations of oxygen in air. This often results in hypoxic situations where due to the lack of oxygen people (often non-natives), experience loss of consciousness and other insidious and irreversible consequences such as comatose state and paralysis.

Uttam Air Products is now working closely with Army Research Organization and has undertaken a project for the Indian soldiers deployed at this height. The company has set up a plant that offers 'oxygen enrichment' facilities. The plant provides assured high percentage of oxygen under medical supervision at such high altitudes. In the day to day operability of the plant, oxygen is produced on site and its regulated transfer in certain pre-specified and designed rooms or chambers is done. This is done under medical supervision and with a lot of precision.

The oxygen plant tremendously benefits the Indian army personnel, posted there, who face medical problems due to lack of natural oxygen. Availability of such a facility so close to their posts greatly assists the medical staff in treating them early. According to Mr. Karan Bhatia, Executive Director, Uttam Air Products, "Uttam Air Products is proud to be the first gas manufacturing company to establish and operate an oxygen plant at Leh. This is the highest and one-of-a-kind plant in the world that is helping our India army soldiers at such great altitudes."

He further elaborated,"We all know that oxygen is essential for life. Our bodies are built such that we can survive without food and water for few days but not without oxygen. Even two breaths without oxygen can endanger our life! Needless to say, in oxygen-deficient atmospheres, such as Ladakh which is at a dizzying altitude, even soldiers with a well-built physique experience grave health concerns such as loss of consciousness. Keeping this in mind, we have started this project in associated with DRDO to help our army men there. Uttam's oxygen plant is a 24*7 operative unit that is specialized in providing oxygen enriched facilities to both patients of hypoxia and others."

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