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Private hospitals to double up as COVID vaccination centres
Hospitals empanelled for state-run health insurance schemes will also be the vaccination centres in this phase of the programme, set to begin from March 1, the states were told on Friday by Centre.
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Healthcare workers arrive at CSMT railway station to screen passengers following the surge in Covid-19 cases in Mumbai. (Photo | PTI) By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The expansion of the Covid-19 vaccination drive targeted at people above 60 and those over 45 with specified comorbidities will involve a network of private hospitals empanelled under the Central Government Health Schemes and Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana.
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February 23, 2021
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Explaining what the government has decided to do for the health care sector during the coming financial year, the Prime Minister said the plan is to treat health issues in a holistic manner rather than in compartments
The unprecedented increase in allocation for health sector in this year’s Budget is indicative of the government’s commitment towards providing better health care to every citizen in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.
Explaining what the government has decided to do for the health care sector during the coming financial year, the Prime Minister said the plan is to treat health issues in a holistic manner rather than in compartments. A beginning was made towards this holistic approach by bringing in drinking water, sanitation as well as a part of nutrition initiatives under the health care fold.
Timely, calibrated decisions taken by Centre saved lakhs of lives during pandemic: President
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During this period, the country has demonstrated its scientific capabilities, technical expertise and the strength of its start-up ecosystem by developing a network of over 2,200 laboratories in a short time span, manufacturing thousands of ventilators, PPE kits and test kits and thereby, attaining self-reliance.
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NEW DELHI: Timely and calibrated decisions taken by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic saved the lives of lakhs of citizens, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday while highlighting the rapid decline in the number of new coronavirus cases and the significant increase in the number of recoveries. In his customary address to a joint sitting of both houses of Parliament that marks the start of the Budget session, Kovind said by making lakhs of COVID-19 vaccine doses available to several countries,