Tribratanews.polri.go.id - Bali. The severe shortage of oxygen tanks causes anxiety to the people, mainly the ones who are self-isolating. Therefore, Bali Regional Police guards the oxygen supply distribution to the hospitals. Chief of PR and Press Division of Bali Regional Police, Police Grand Commissioner Syamsi, said that, according to the data, from July 17 to 21, Bali Regional Police had guarded 71 tons of liquid oxygen delivered from Aneka Gas Industri Samator Ltd. in Banyuwangi, East Java, to several hospitals in Bali such as Negara Hospital, Mangunsada Hospital, Bali Mandara Hospital, Sanglah Central General Hospital, Jimbaran Hospital, Tabanan Regional General Hospital, Siloam Hospital, Wangaya Hospital, and Buleleng Hospital. Moreover, Police Grand Commissioner Syamsi also said that Bali Regional Police also had guarded 1,257 oxygen tanks, delivered from Samator Ltd. Mengwi, Badung regency, to several hospitals such as Bakti Rahayu Hospital, Sanglah Central General Hospital, Udayana University Hospital, Kasih Ibu Hospital, Bali Mandara Hospital, Sanjiwani Hospital, Wangaya Hospital, Kasih Ibu Tabanan Hospital, Nyitdah Hospital, Payangan Hospital, Bhakti Rahayu Hospital, Siloam Hospital, Garba Medika Hospital, Ganesha Hospital, Primagana Hospital, Famili Husada Hospital, Kasih Ibu Gianyar Hospital, Ganesha Hospital, and Klungkung Regional General Hospital. Chief of PR and Press Division of Bali Regional Police said that the government maximises national oxygen production capacity to be diverted to fulfil medical needs because oxygen availability is an important sector that must be fulfilled in the middle of rising Covid-19 cases. Chief of PR and Press Division of Bali Regional Police said that the guard of medical oxygen involves personnel from the Mobil Brigade unit and Traffic Police Corps of Bali Regional Police involved in the 2021 Aman Nusa Agung 2 Operation. When on duty, the Mobile Brigade personnel was equipped with a long-barreled rifle. "The guard is to ensure the smoothness of oxygen distribution so it can arrived in hospital safely and on time and can fulfil the oxygen needs", he said. According to Police Grand Commissioner Syamsi, the tasks of the personnel are securing and guarding oxygen distribution and ensuring the smooth, safe, on target, and no misdistribution of the medical oxygen distribution. Bali Regional Police also instruct the measured firm actions according to the Law and regulations to several perpetrators involved in cartel or monopoly, distribution and stock disturbance, hoarding, raising prices unreasonably, and other forms of misappropriation that could harm society. "Bali Regional Police, together with regional government and related institutions, formed a Special Task Force on Oxygen Distribution Supervision to know every problem that happens on the ground and the speed of handling. These efforts must be conducted in an integrated manner", Chief of PR and Press Division of Bali Regional Police concluded.