OREANDA-NEWS. March 6, 2009. The oxygen block VRU-60 is functioning 100% today and produces 62 m3/hour of oxygen supplying it not only for our production but also for the needs of other enterprises on the industrial site. Oxygen is not only used in the production sector. It is also widely used in medicine to save people’s lives. It is used in ambulances, intensive therapy departments, surgery, maternity hospitals and children hospitals. Those who have had car accidents or have serious internal diseases have practically no chance of survival without oxygen.

To quicken the recovery of a patient or to prevent further course of a disease, oxygen is needed. It is also used in after-care, different convalescent centers, sanatoriums and preventive clinics.

At present all the oxygen, needed for emergency and planned treatment, and supplied to Zaporozhye region medical institutions is produced by the oxygen-compressor shop of Zaporizhstal JSC.

Taking into consideration the small budget of medical institutions liquid oxygen and oxygen in flasks is sold according to special prices, which are much lower than those for industrial consumers.

The management of the Works has always been very attentive to the problems of medical personnel and regards them with favor. Therefore, even in the most difficult situations the Works has never stopped the supply of liquid oxygen to medical institutions.

- There should be no delay in this field of supply. A person’s life and health is on the scales. The ‘green light’ is always on for the medical personnel, — says the Superintendent of the Oxygen Shop Nikolay Roman’ko. — In the shop the process has been organized to provide a continuous supply of oxygen in case of emergency and to be able, if necessary, to deliver it to consumers in a required volume and in due time. There have even been cases when documents were made out backdated. This is secondary when the life of a person is within a hair’s breadth.

Quality of oxygen is also very important, that is why the medical personnel applies to Zaporizhstal, where quality is guaranteed, particularly, after putting the new oxygen block into operation. The block provides high indices of all the products. These indices are confirmed by the research laboratory data. Requirements for oxygen quality for medical application increase. At present it is necessary to document a license for its production and it should be registered in the State register.

Zaporizhstal power engineers are proud to have such equipment at their disposal, which allows to produce products in accordance with all the standards. In such a way the Works strengthens its reputation of a reliable partner for all its consumers.