JAIPUR: Sugat Wankhede, a resident of
Vidyadhar Nagar who got Covid vaccine (not in real) while taking part in a dry run, said the process was smooth and he did not feel any inconvenience at the private hospital where the drive was carried out.
Wankhede followed the entire process of getting the vaccine in the dry run, which will be followed when the real vaccination drive will be launched in the state.
The person who administered the vaccine cleaned her hands with a sanitiser and took out a syringe and pretended as if she had administered the shot to him and asked him to go and sit in the observation room. He remained in the observation room for 30 minutes where his health was continuously monitored by a healthcare staff for any adverse event followed by immunization.
Archana Singh, an employee of the private hospital who took part in the dry run, said she took part voluntarily. Across the state, 424 volunteers from different walks of life, mostly healthcare workers who are employed in hospitals, took part in the drive.
The private hospital’s director, Ranjan Thakur said, “We have executed the dry run according to the guidelines laid by the state government.”
The dry run as conducted at 19 centres in 7 districts. Health minister Dr Raghu Sharma said the drive was conducted with complete caution and scientific protocol in the seven districts.
The health department is planning to conduct the dry run in other districts as well. “Later, dry runs will be conducted in the entire state in the phased manner,” said Sharma.
The dry run played an instrumental role in spreading awareness among the healthcare workers for the vaccination.
Health secretary Siddhartha Mahajan and
Sawai Man Singh Medical College principal Dr
Sudhir Bhandari kept a close watch on the drive. It was conducted at the local level in the presence of district medical and the concerned officers.
In the city, dry run was conducted at JK Lon Hospital, Manipal Hospital, rural PHC Achrol and urban mother and child welfare centre in Bani Park.
Apart from these hospitals, dry run was conducted at two centres each at Bikaner,
Jodhpur, Bharatpur, Karauli and Ajmer, and four centres each in Jaipur and Banswara.
First of all, models of the vaccination room and monitoring room were made for the beneficiary and rehearsal of administering the vaccine was done. The vaccination officer verified the identity documents and gave entry to the beneficiary. The beneficiary was sent to the vaccination room after certifying on Covid-19 Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-Win) software, where the vaccinator officer completed the vaccination process (demo) and made entry on Co-Win software about administering vaccine to the beneficiary. He said the beneficiary was kept at the monitoring room for 30 minutes under the observation of the vaccination officer. During the process of dry run, time taken to vaccinate a beneficiary and on making entry on COVIN software was assessed and the process of running the software was checked.