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Allahabad: A majority of private hospitals in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj were dragging their feet over submission of details of doctors and other medical staff members for a possible deployment by the state administration to carry out Covid-19 vaccination drive, officials said.“We have 129 government hospitals, as well as community and primary health centres and posts, besides 1,235 private hospitals in the district.
The details of doctors, nurses, paramedical and other staff were sought by us on October 23.
Till date, mere 268 out of the 1,235 private hospitals have complied,” said district nodal officer for Covid-19, Dr Rishi Sahai.
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Allahabad: A majority of private hospitals in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj were dragging their feet over submission of details of doctors and other medical staff members for a possible deployment by the state administration to carry out Covid-19 vaccination drive, officials said.“We have 129 government hospitals, as well as community and primary health centres and posts, besides 1,235 private hospitals in the district.
The details of doctors, nurses, paramedical and other staff were sought by us on October 23.
Till date, mere 268 out of the 1,235 private hospitals have complied,” said district nodal officer for Covid-19, Dr Rishi Sahai.
Repeated reminders are being sent to those who have not yet complied with the directive.
Meanwhile, uploading these details on the government specified portal for the vaccination is going on, he added.
Despite the delay on this front, preparations have begun in Prayagraj for the safe storage and transportation of Covid-19 vaccines to various centres while maintaining appropriate temperature.
The task of preparing a database of people to be vaccinated has been entrusted to the officials of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
UNDP district vaccine cold-chain manager Vinod Shukla said the names and other details of staff members of almost all government sector hospitals and institutions, amounting to 10,700, had arrived and were being uploaded.