Saint-Gobain donates oxygen generation plant and '3D Printed' Doffing units in T.N

Thiru. Ma Subramanian, Health Minister of Tamil Nadu inaugurated Oxygen generation plant and a 3D printed Doffing Unit at Omandurar Medical College and Hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu which were donated by Saint-Gobain as part of its Covid relief support.

The Health Minister also virtually inaugurated the 3D printed doffing unit installed in Government Headquarters Hospital, Kanchipuram, and virtually laid the foundation stone for the doffing unit coming up in Government Medical College and Hospital, Thiruvallur. 

The Oxygen plant for Government Medical College Hospital, Omandurar Chennai will cater around 200 beds at a time. This fully automated, state of the art plant costing INR 2.5 Crs has been airlifted from France with the support of the French Government and the French embassy in India. The company is also donating another plant, sourced locally from India costing INR 75 lakhs for IRT Hospital at Perundurai, Erode district. 

Saint-Gobain India also set up nation’s first 3D printed doffing unit in Tamil Nadu in association with TVASTA. The doffing unit will support frontline health workers more effectively in their self sanitisation processes. It is equipped with a UV-C sterilisation box, automatic sanitiser, soap dispensers, washbasin, WC, provision for disposal of PPE kits, and a shower area. The walls of the doffing unit are printed to ensure they are thermally insulated to reduce the heat ingress. The doffing unit is spread across an area of 150 sq. ft. and is designed using advanced concrete 3D printing technology that saves time, energy, and cost. The advantage of 3D printed construction technology is that it is prefabricated, sustainable with zero waste, utilising lesser raw materials. 

The company said that it is committed to supporting the state of Tamil Nadu with COVID relief aid worth INR 4.5 Cr comprising of oxygen generation plants, oxygen concentrators, doffing units, PPE kits and other vital medical equipment and supplies.