Current Affairs 13th May 2021| Current Affairs News

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

PM CARES Fund approved procurement of one lakh 50 thousand units of Oxycare system 

  • The PM CARES Fund has approved procurement of 1,50,000 units of Oxycare System developed by the Defence Research Development Organization at a cost of Rs 322.5 crores, the DRDO informed.
  • It further informed that the Oxycare System is a SpO2 based Oxygen Supply System that regulates oxygen being administered to patients based on sensed SpO2 levels.
  • “Under this sanction, 1, 00,000 manual and 50,000 automatic Oxycare systems along with NRBM (Non-rebreather mask) masks are being procured.