AHMEDABAD: On the last day of the walk-in vaccination drive on Wednesday, the AMC health department vaccinated 5,883 healthcare workers including staff and students associated with hospitals or medical or paramedical colleges. At least 10 students reported minor side effects and were sent back after observation for a couple of hours.
AMC officials said that to facilitate those left out, the AMC had given a last chance to the healthcare workers to get vaccinated. The officials said many queued up to get themselves vaccinated once they were sure of absence of major side effects.
“We had decided to give at least a week’s time to those who had not registered themselves, but now wanted to get vaccinated. On Monday, 5,883 including 2,298 women health workers got themselves vaccinated. We will be closing the walk-in vaccination facility,” said Bhavin Solanki the medical health officer of AMC.
Centres where large numbers of health workers got vaccinated include Pandit Dindayal Hall ( 1,458 including 771 women) near SG Road and Tagore Hall (957). Another 643 health workers took the vaccine at Mangal Pandey Hall, Nikol.
AMC officials said that the more women health workers than males took the shot at Pandit Dindayal Hall. A doctor said that he had got himself registered, but when he’d got the call for vaccination, not much data was available. “And now when we know that the vaccine is pretty safe, I decided to get myself vaccinated,” he said.
An officer at the Pandit Dindayal Hall said, “Several students were sent to the centre today in groups and 10 young girls among them had reported giddiness and uneasiness.”