Hyderabad: After a few days of restrictions on supply, the Covid-19 a vaccination campaign for individuals over the age of 45 shows signs of a gradual return to normalcy in state hospitals, while the majority of private hospitals, which are having difficulty obtaining the vaccines, are expected to start in the next few days.
On Thursday, almost the entire government was vaccinated Covid Vaccination centers (GCVCs) in the state were reserved as suitable individuals waited patiently outside the temporary ‘pandals’ in turn. At least two major super-specialty hospitals, including Apollo Hospitals and Hyderabad Global Hospitals, have managed to Covid vaccination for individuals older than 45 years.
In private hospitals Covaxin is administered at R150 and Covishield at R850. ‘Private hospitals have vaccinated across the country, but the availability of the vaccine is a challenge. If vaccine is available between the public and private sectors, a large part of the population can be vaccinated within a short period of time. The focus should therefore be on the availability of vaccine, as the public and private sectors together have the ability to vaccinate large sections of our population within a short period of time, ” says President, Apollo Group Hospitals, Dr K Hari Prasad. .
Public health officials familiar with the matter said that by this weekend all the other major specialty hospitals in Hyderabad and in the districts would be launched Covid vaccination, which will facilitate the demand.
On Thursday, there was a major rush at GCVCs as a large number of individuals showed up for their second dose of vaccination. Over the next few days, senior doctors pointed out that a similar trend would be visible, as there is a large group of individuals who do not take the second dose. Covid vaccine.
In the district hospital, King Koti, several beneficiaries who had booked their lock for the afternoon session had to return as officials struggled to complete the vaccination of the previous group in time. In contrast, small centers such as urban primary health centers (PHCs) functioned smoothly, with beneficiaries being vaccinated within 10 to 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, health care and front-line workers in state hospitals have asked the authorities to allow them to board or register on the spot, as there were many senior doctors, nurses and teaching staff in tertiary hospitals who had yet to be vaccinated.
Source: Telangana Today