GREATER NOIDA: On the first day of the 24×7 vaccination drive at Sharda Hospital, 512 people got the jabs till 8 pm on Sunday.
During the day, 2,000 slots were open for the centre and till 8 pm, 1,237 registrations were recorded.
“The number of people includes those in the 18-44 years and 45+ years categories.
We had some senior citizens and a few people with special needs as well.
We have arranged a single-window access system for their benefit,” said Dr Ajit Kumar, the director, public relations, Sharda Hospital and University, Greater Noida.
“The vaccination facility will now be available across 10 booths at three places on the Sharda University campus,” he said.
Of those inoculated at the centre till Sunday evening , 30-35 people were vaccinated at the drive-through facility and 50-55 people registered at the site.
The rest had prior bookings.
“To ensure that no booth is crowded, we gave out tokens at the main gate and people proceeded to their booths accordingly,” Dr Kumar added.
Dr Ashutosh Niranjan, the chief medical superintendent, Sharda Hospital, said: “Once people took the jabs, no one was allowed to leave for the next 30 minutes.
They were under the observation of teams set up under senior doctors at the hospital.”
1,200 book slots at Sharda hosp 24×7 vax site on Day 1
