LUCKNOW: At least 47 Covid-19
vaccine centres will be opened in various government hospitals and healthcare centres in the city by the end of this month.
According to the decisions taken by
health officers as part of vaccine roll out plan in Lucknow, vaccinators will be deployed as per the capacity of the centre and a vaccinator will inoculate 100
people daily.
The vaccination is expected to start in January. Over 40,000
frontline workers, mainly those providing healthcare services, will be inoculated first. “A centre will have at least three rooms – for waiting area, for vaccination and one for the people to wait for 20 minutes after vaccination to ensure there is no side effect or reaction,” in charge of routine immunisation programme in
Lucknow Dr MK Singh said. “All medical help in case of any adverse reaction will be provided at the vaccination centre itself,” he added. All the three rooms at the centres will be properly ventilated and arrangements will be made for the disposal of biomedical waste.
“Beneficiaries will be communicated about their vaccination date, time and place through text messages and calls on registered phone numbers. They will also get a certificate after vaccination. Centres will provide a list of beneficiaries in advance,” Dr Singh said.
According to officers, a database of people to be vaccinated was being made in order of priority and the schedule of frontline workers is almost complete. Vaccination of health workers of L3 Covid hospitals will be done which will be followed by personnel of L2 and L1 and thereafter at all other non-Covid hospitals.
Training of chief medical officers and district immunisation officers has already begun. This will be followed by training of vaccinators.