Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday urged the Center to revise the allocation format 75:25 from the Covid vaccine to government and private institutions and demanded that 90% of the dose be given to the government managed facilities.
In a letter to the Health Minister Union Harsh Vardhan, Chair of the Constitutional Court Minister Stalin said “25% allocation for private hospitals is very high when compared to the actual vaccination carried out by them.” Looking for a Covid vaccine allocation to the state, said Stalin in Tamil Nadu, around 1.43 Crore vaccines have been used so far, where private hospitals have “only use 6.5 lakh doses, which translates to only 4.5%.” “The incompatibility between demand and supply in the government and private institutions has resulted in a situation where private hospitals in Tamil Nadu have around 7-8 lakh doses are available with them while government agencies are abandoned with two doses of lakh, which is lower than them.
Today’s day, “he said.
This can be repaired with only a more rational and performance-based dose distribution, added cm.
The available resources must be used for the best use, he said, adding the center must immediately “evaluate the vaccine dose given to various countries so far, in terms of the dosage given per thousand populations and ensure that the required compensation allocation is made to state that the number of doses is allocated The lower per capita.
“” Revising the allocation between the government and private institutions to 90:10 as to the current allocation of 75:25, “he urged Vardhan.
The minister’s chairman reaffirmed his previous demand for the allocation of a one-crore vaccine dose, by saying a three-fold inoculation rate in the country but allotment of Tamil Nadu has become one of the “lowest” among countries in the country in terms of doses per thousand populations.
The Minister of Medical Welfare and Family of the MA Subramanian also marked the lack of vaccines.
PTI.
Give 90% of JABS to Government Facilities: MK Stalin
