Kolkata: Vaccination clinic, run by KMC, began to provide the second dose of the Covid vaccine from Wednesday, when there was no first dose given from this facility.
Also, the majority of places limit the number of doses – most of them covishield – only for 40, given the lack of acute vaccine since Tuesday.
Many recipients had to be disappointed again despite waiting in the serpentine queue for hours when their turn came, the vaccine had ended in the centers.
Covid vaccination drive at the KMC clinic starts around 2:00 p.m., only after the immunization program for children is complete.
Bansdroni Resident Susanta Pal, who is a bank employee, arrives at a KMC vaccination clinic located close to his home during the day.
When he saw less than 100 people waiting in the queue, he would definitely get a shot.
But when the registration counter opened, a civilian official announced only 40 people had to wait for their vaccine and the rest was advised to visit the clinic on Friday.
“My date for the second dose of the covid vaccine is due and I really need it because I suffer from some co-morbidity, such as diabetes and hypertension.
If the vaccine supply continues to dip, it becomes difficult for people like me, who can’t wait longer for doses Second, “said Pal.
A KMC health department official shows that the crisis is getting deeper on Wednesday because most mega vaccination centers are converted to vaccination centers – still closed.
According to sources at the KMC health department, most civil vaccination clinics are given around 40 covishield doses for those who need their second dose.
But some clinics in Bhowanipore belts are allocated more vaccines and there, large amounts of inoculated.
Going with what Chairman of the Council of Administrator KMC (BoA), Firhad Judge, was shown on Wednesday, more problems seemed to be in the store for the second dose recipient of the covishield.
“The vaccine supply is very low so we feel the normal function of the KMC vaccination clinic will be affected for this week.
We try to normalize the vaccination process from the beginning of next week,” said the judge.
Debasish Bhar, a karate instructor and resident of Bijoygerh, was a lucky one to get his shot on Wednesday.
In fact, he was the last person in the queue at KMC’s Layelka Clinic, which could be inoculated.
“After I waited in the queue for several hours, I was allowed to enter the vaccination center.
It turned out that I was the last person at the center that could receive the opportunity on Wednesday,” Bhar said.
Anjana Gupta, a housewife and resident of Seordah, beamed when he walked out of the KMC vaccination center.
Gupta said he had ordered a slot for the second dose of Covaxin and was satisfied that he managed to get a shot on time.