A senior doctor gets his shot at RGGGH
After reporting less than 16% attendance at the vaccination centres till 5.30pm, the directorate of public health announced that it was making changes in protocol by allowing all willing healthcare providers – registered and unregistered – to take the shots across the state on Sunday.
The public health department had targeted 16,000 people on the first day, but it did not have the count of beneficiaries who received the invitation from the Cowin portal. In addition, some healthcare professionals including senior doctors who turned up at the venue found their names weren’t listed on the portal. “We have asked vaccinating officers to verify their identity, write their names on a register and offer the vaccination. The data will be fed into the system manually later,” said joint director (immunisation) Dr Vinay Kumar after discussions with senior health officials and the Centre.
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3,030 healthcare personnel were inoculated on the second day of the drive
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3,030 healthcare personnel were inoculated on the second day of the drive
A total of 3,030 healthcare personnel were vaccinated on the second day of the drive on Sunday to protect the front-line workers from COVID-19. While 183 persons received Covaxin, 2,847 received Covishield.
The government said it had the capacity to administer 14,460 doses a day across the 45 sites. In Chennai, which has the capacity to administer 1,200 doses a day, only 402 persons volunteered to be vaccinated.
Across the six government medical college hospitals in the State, where Covaxin was being offered, the willingness to be inoculated was yet to pick up, though it appeared to be better than Saturday.
Published: Saturday, January 16, 2021, 13:34 [IST]
Chennai, Jan 16: Tamil Nadu on Saturday rolled out the COVID-19 vaccination drive at 166 sites across the state with a government doctor here becoming the first to be administered the shot.
Chief Minster K Palaniswami said everyone, including him should get vaccinated, but priority, however, was only for frontline workers such as the doctors and health workers.
Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association (TNGDA) president Dr K Senthil was the first to be administered the vaccine in the state at the Government Rajaji Hospital premises in the presence of Palaniswami, his Cabinet colleagues and senior officials. Everyone should for sure get vaccinated. You and I have to get vaccinated. Those from your and my family too should get the vaccinated, Palaniswami told reporters here after the roll-out of the vaccination drive pan-India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
TN heads of hospitals lead by example in taking the vax shot
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In order to allay any apprehensions about the two vaccines for coronavirus heads of government and private hospitals in Tamil Nadu took the needle jab and led by example for fellow professionals and the general public. If there had been a massive dem. Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, Jan 16 : In order to allay any apprehensions about the two vaccines for coronavirus heads of government and private hospitals in Tamil Nadu took the needle jab and led by example for fellow professionals and the general public.
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