Over 1.5 lakh Covid-19 doses given at MLN medical college in just 7 months in UP's Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ: In a feat of covering the maximum number of recipients under one roof, over 1.50 lakh doses were given to eligible beneficiaries at MLN medical college-SRN campus alone between April and October month in the Sangam city.
Nodal officer (vaccination) at MLN Medical college, Dr. Utsav Singh told TOI that over 1.5 lakh doses, including 95,000 first and 55,000 second, were given to eligible recipients between April 7 and October 31 this year.
He claimed that MLN medical college-SRN hospital is the only government hospital in Prayagraj division to have crossed the 1.5 lakh doses mark in the past seven months.
He added, “Out of 1.5 lakh doses given to the recipients of all age groups at MLN Medical college, there were 55% male and 45% female recipients. The figure also included 7,500 beneficiaries in terms of international flyers and 3,000 under the Abhibhavak campaign group.
In Prayagraj district , over 37.26 lakh doses were given among eligible recipients till now.
Dr. Singh said that officials of the health department, in a bid to speed up vaccination in rural and urban areas, have also picked up a “ split vaccination plan” wherein vaccination teams were changing vaccination sites within a stipulated time (one to two hours) to cover maximum number of recipients at a particular spot.
In rural areas, ground health workers like ASHA, ANM and Aganwari workers were also issuing “invitation slips”, popularly known as “bulawa parchis” to eligible recipients after preparing a list and appealing them to take their first or second dose.
Moreover, ground health workers have also taken up a different exercise in selected blocks where they were putting “tick mark symbol” outside the houses of the recipients. Single tick mark symbol is being placed outside the house of the recipients who have taken the first dose and double tick mark symbol on the house of those who have taken both the doses in rural areas.
Meanwhile, health department officials claimed that over 37,26,537 doses were given to eligible recipients in the district so far and about 60% recipients were from the age group of 18-44 years.
Officials said that about 62% target recipients were given the first dose while 20% target recipients were fully vaccinated. The district has set a target to administer Covid-19 vaccine to over 45.16 lakh beneficiaries in the district.