Kolkata: Private hospitals in Kolkata have stopped the procurement of fresh vaccine stocks following Slidae drastically in demand for inoculation since early November.
With a number that shows that the city has been vaccinated 100% of qualified recipients, the queue at the vaccination center is now possible to keep the shortening and shares that have enough for the past few months, according to the hospital.
The number of daily doses has slumped to their lowest since the inoculation began in January.
More than 99% of the recipients in private hospitals are now queued for their second dose and their number now less than a tenth of what will be in some hospitals during the post-second wave period who witness rushes for vaccines.
Procurement of fresh shares, as a result, has been suspended.
While all citizens of the city have completed their vaccination, according to the number of Cowin sites, this includes a large percentage of recipients from outside Kolkata who took their pictures in the city.
At Peerless Hospital, the number of daily recipients has declined 30-40.
It used to be more than 400 between June and September.
The hospital holds shares of 8,000 doses that will previously expire in less than two weeks.
“But now our stock will last six months unless the third vaccine is announced.
So, we don’t need to get more vaccines, “said CEO of Peerless Hospital Sudipta Mitra.
He added that most recipients now are both parents who cannot get their pictures within or 18-plus the age group who began to get their shots after the government was appointed them into the inoculation drive in May.
“Because the second wave is valid and in a hurry, many of these two groups cannot get their pictures in time.
There was also a lack of vaccines in July-August which caused a delay for many people.
But a much greater amount of the second dose recipient now goes to government centers who have now streamlined the process even in a hurry too, have fallen, “Mitra added.
Amri Hospital, who will manage more than 600 daily doses between June and August in the three centers, now manages around 100.
It holds shares from 16,000 vaccines which will take several months except changes in demand patterns, said Amri CEO Rupak Barua.
“We get only the last batch of the second-dose receiver.
Our counters have never been rarely the population since January, “Barua said.
He agreed with partners that vaccination centers managed by the government are now being favored by them have not resolved their doses.
“They offer a free vaccine and no longer crowded.
So, many of them flocked, “Barua said.
Medica Hospital Suppeciality has been 50 days inoculation on the average recipient since November.
It has 3 doses of lakh in sufficient stock for the last year, except Tunas requests.
Belle Vue Clinic has administrative only 30 daily doses on average for the past three weeks.
“At this level, our stock will last until April.
So, we don’t need fresh stock procurement except changes in demand patterns, “CEO R Tondon said.