Telangana: Private hospitals unlikely to give vax to 18+

HYDERABAD: While several citizens hoping to enrol for Covid vaccination from May 1 were left dejected with the crashing of CoWin website on Wednesday, there is a big question mark whether the drive will actually begin for the 18-45 year category in the state in the first place.
Private hospitals already have a long waitlist of beneficiaries awaiting second dose of Covid vaccine. Most hospital representatives TOI spoke to said that they have the infrastructure for administering the vaccines kept ready, but are awaiting a word from either the Centre or the state.
“Currently, the Centre and the states have not entered into an MoU for the vaccine allocation. We have no information on when or how will the allocation be made to private hospitals. Vaccination will not begin at our centre from May 1 for sure,” a representative of a corporate hospital in Gachibowli told TOI.
“As per our understanding 60% of the doses will be allocated to the Centre, while 30% will be given to states. The states are likely to supply to state-run hospitals. As of now, we don’t know whether the allocation will come from Centre or state,” said a representative from another hospital.