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Govt. vaccination kiosks setup at 29 Private Hospitals
Mysore/Mysuru: From tomorrow, get free
COVID-19 vaccination at Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes too, thanks to an understanding between the District Administration and MAHAN (Mysore Association of Hospitals And Nursing Homes) to vaccinate at least three lakh people within 15 days.
As many as 29 MAHAN Group Hospitals have come forward to vaccinate people for free, at their facility between 10 am and 5 pm, Dr. P. Ravi, Family Planning Officer and In-Charge of COVID-19 Vaccination in Private Hospitals, told Star of Mysore.
However, he clarified that the ongoing vaccination at Private Hospitals with a fee of Rs. 250 per dose, fixed by the Government of India, too will continue.
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Liquor Love slows down vaccination drive
February 11, 2021
Mysore/Mysuru: Has love for liquor among a few Government employees slowed down the ongoing vaccination drive for frontline workers? According to Health Department Officers it is. They say the fear of being unable to consume alcohol after vaccination is deterring certain frontline workers from getting vaccinated.
It may be recalled, many reports have been circulating since the drive began that people who are administered vaccination cannot consumer alcohol for nearly two months.
Officers, on condition of anonymity told SOM, “one of the main reasons for reluctance among frontline workers from taking the jab has been addiction to liquor. Some of the staff members in Departments of Police, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Urban Development and Revenue are daily drinkers, who cannot stay without it even for a day. On nationwide launching of vaccine drive on Jan. 16, a few Health Experts had opined that liquor should n
First steps in the journey to universal health care
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February 08, 2021 23:06 IST
The lesson of COVID-19 is to go on a steady, incremental path given the weak fund capacities in the backward States
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The lesson of COVID-19 is to go on a steady, incremental path given the weak fund capacities in the backward States
About 20 years ago, Thailand rolled out universal health coverage for its population at a per capita GDP similar to today’s India. What made this possible was a three decade-long tradition of investing gradually but steadily in public health infrastructure and manpower. This meant that alongside the availability of funds, there also existed robust institutional capacity to assimilate those funds. For India, the lesson of COVID-19 entails setting forth on a steady and incremental path to universal health coverage; not attempting a sudden and giant leap. This is important because enough evidence exists on weak fund-absorbing capaci