Small hospitals team up to place bulk vaccine orders
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Girdhar Gyani, director general of AHPI, said the vaccine makers will get back with the details on how much they can supply within this week. “Once they have a guaranteed order from us, things will move fast,” he said.
Several medium and small-sized hospitals have got together under the umbrella of The Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI) to procure vaccines on better terms from the manufacturing companies.
“AHPI has engaged with companies to procure vaccines. We are talking to Serum Institute of India (SII), Bharat Biotech (BB) and Dr Reddy’s for Sputnik,” said Girdhar Gyani, director general of the Association of Healthcare Providers India