National
March 12, 2021
PESHAWAR: Senior citizens and their family members have complained of mismanagement in the COVID-19 vaccination drive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to them, elderly people living in Peshawar were assigned distant health centres in rural areas of the district for vaccination. They said those living in Hayatabad were directed to visit the health facility at Badaber, while the residents of the University Town were asked to reach Naguman for the purpose.
“My father-in-law had no idea how to go to Badaber but then managed and was facilitated by other relatives. When they reached the respective Rural Health Centre, the staff had neither any clue about the schedule nor did they have the vaccine,” said a resident of University Town.
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