COVID-19 vaccination drive to be conducted for health workers of Nagpur district will begin on Saturday. Guardian Minister Dr Nitin Raut will open the drive at Pachpaoli Hospital run by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). The drive will be conducted at 12 centres of the district.

 

On Friday, a review meeting was held where Dr Raut has given the necessary instructions. Dr Sanjeev Kumar, Divisional Commissioner, Ravindra Thakare, District Collector; Radhakrishnan B, Nagpur Municipal Commissioner, Yogesh Kumbhejkar, Chief Executive Officer, Nagpur Zilla Parishad; Additional Commissioner of Police Sunil Fulari; Deputy Director of Health Dr Sanjay Jaiswal, Government Medical College and Hospital Dean Dr Sajal Mitra, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital Dean Dr Ajay Keolia attended the meeting.

 

In Nagpur district the city part has 5 designated centres where the vaccination drive will be conducted while the rural part of the district has 7 centres ready to administer vaccines. The five centres in city include All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur; Daga Hospital, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH), Mahal Diagnostic Centre. In rural the centres will be Sub-District Hospital at Ramtek, Kamptee, Rural Hospital at Umred, Hingna, Saoner, Katol and Gondkhairi Primary Health Centre.

 

In Nagpur district 34,333 health workers registered themselves that include city’s 25,164 and 9,169 in rural. The department is planning to do vaccination of 100 health workers at a centre everyday. Dr Raut informed the meeting that after the dose is administered the person should stay at the centre for half an hour so that steps can be taken in case he or she suffers from any reaction. In Nagpur city Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari and Nagpur Municipal Commissioner Radhakrishnan B will pay visit to the designated centres where the dose of vaccine will be given. State Public Health Department has asked its regional heads to form a special team that would monitor the vaccination programme. In the wake of COVID vaccination drive, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corporation Limited (MSEDCL) has decided to maintain uninterrupted power supply at all the Vaccination Centres.

 

 

 

There was some confusion among health workers regarding the intimation of vaccination drive. Dr Sanjay Jaiswal removing all doubts said, “Those healthworkers who have registered will get the SMS about the details of their turn. They need not worry. Every doctor from Government as well as private set-up who has registered in a proper manner will receive the SMS and accordingly they can get the dose too at the centre.”