Hyderabad, May 2 -- "The Phi Factory" - a city based startup - launched an oxygen producing kit under the name "Project Vayuputra" to address the oxygen shortage problem faced by those undergoing tretment at homes.

The co-founder and partner of the company Praveen Gorakhvi said there is a shortage of oxygen supply and medical attention for COVID-19 patients. The oxygen concentrators can be used during a patient's wait or his transit to the hospital. But the cost of an oxygen concentrator is about Rs.90,000 and they are in short supply.

The other source of Oxygen for patients is gas cylinder. But its procurement and refilling is stressful.

In order to address this problem "The Phi Factory" has developed an in situ Oxygen manufacturing m...