Today 5 private hospitals in the city to begin corona-vaccination; Vidarbha receives 2.22L doses

Today 5 private hospitals in the city to begin corona-vaccination; Vidarbha receives 2.22L doses

NAGPUR: The administration on Tuesday received 2,21,800 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, which will enable the 11 districts of Vidarbha to increase centres in government as well as private hospitals for age-appropriate groups. Five trust-run and private hospitals will start inoculation for these groups from Wednesday in the city. Beneficiaries of these groups increased to 4,850 on Tuesday as against 1,805 on Monday in the region.
The government has given permission to RST Cancer Institute near Tukdoji Putla chowk, Lata Mangeshkar Hospital at Variety Chowk, Mogre Children Hospital at Sakkardara, all of them empanelled under Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY) scheme, and Gillurkar Hospital and Sengupta Hospital at Ravi Nagar Square, both empanelled under PMJAY, to start vaccination of 60+ and 45+ comorbid citizens.

Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) additional municipal commissioner Ram Joshi said, “RST, Lata Mangeshkar and Mogre hospitals vaccinated 72 people from age-appropriate groups on Tuesday as part of trial run. All five hospitals will start full-fledged inoculation from Wednesday. We have issued 50 vials to each of the five hospitals,” he said.
Beneficiaries will have to pay Rs250 at these hospitals. Joshi said, “I will talk to the government on status of other hospitals empanelled under CGHS and PMJAY on Wednesday. It will help prevent crowding at government vaccination centres. Also, it would be convenient for eligible citizens as these hospitals are situated across the city.”