After scams, BMC now lists 95 private vaccination centres

MUMBAI: Amid several suspicious vaccine drives coming to light in the city BMC has circulated a list of 95 registered private vaccination centres which can administer the jab.
The civic body also said that in case of a doubt, nodal officers appointed for each drive should contact the ward war room. The ward war rooms had been set up last year by BMC to help arrange for hospital beds for Covid patients, especially when the second wave of the pandemic was at its peak.
The 95 centres include major hospitals like Bombay Hospital, Jaslok Hospital, H N Reliance Hospital, Breach Candy Hospital, Hinduja Hospital, Kokilaben Hospital, Fortis Hospital (Mulund), Lilavati Hospital (Bandra), Holy Family Hospital and several nursing homes.
The list has been attached to many additional guidelines issued by BMC as a part of its revised SOPs for vaccination in housing societies and workplaces. It includes responsibility of the cooperative housing society to display details like date of vaccination, name of private vaccination centres (PCVC) engaged and charge per dose on the society notice board.
Goregaon corporator Srikala Pillai said, “Many people from highrises are coming to civic centres now, with the fear about whether camps held by private centres are genuine.”