Mumbai: Nearly 95% of Covid-19 deaths in the government-managed medical college in the past two months have been among those who are not vaccinated.
In a strong demonstration of how effective vaccination against Covid, the analysis also found that 87.5% of those who were hospitalized were not vaccinated.
A study by the Ministry of Medical Education shows that there are 15,202 inpatient in all government medical colleges between May 11 and July 12, including 13,298 (87.5%) have not received a single dose.
This also means that vaccinated people only contribute 13% of hospitalization.
The impact of the vaccine on the mortality rate appears with Starker.
Of the 4,942 deaths among those who admit, 4,681 did not get injections.
Of the 261 who died despite vaccination, 88% had taken one shot and only 12% was fully vaccinated.
The fatality rate of cases among those who were not vaccinated as high as 35.2% compared to 13.7% in vaccinated cohorts.
“Trends that emerge from data echo what health authorities have said about the importance of vaccination,” said Saurabh Vijay, Secretary, Medical Education.
Quling it, Dr.
Dilip Maisekar, Director of Medical Education and Research (DMER), said that people should no longer have obstacles about the role of vaccination in preventing death.
“It is important to vaccinate.
Ignorance can be the reason why some parts are still hesitant to get a shot,” he said.
The next death analysis between vaccinations showed that 63% had comorbidity, while 68% were above the age of 68 years.
Death occurred after an average of 33 days after receiving the last dose.
Nearly 140 of these patients were taken dead, without leaving the scope for any clinical intervention.
Dr.
Rakesh Waghmare from the Ministry of Medical Education, who led the research, said that they had begun to track the vaccination status of people who were hospitalized since May because the inoculation of ordinary people had collected steam only from March.
About 12% of all people who meet the vaccine requirements in the 18-year-old and completely vaccinated, and 25% have received one dose.
A senior doctor from Sion Hospital said that death among parents and even those who had comorbidity had declined in the city because vaccination began.
“At this stage, one can say that many Covid deaths can be prevented by vaccinations.
Therefore, it is unfortunate that we cannot vaccinate at high speed,” added the doctor.
Dr.
Abhijit More, Conventor of Jan Arogya Abhiyan, said that it is very important to protect them with comorbidities who know the risk of death higher.
“People somehow managed to get the second dose.
The real challenge is to get the first dose now,” said Dr.
More.
Going a step further, Soumitra Ghosh from the study of the TATA-Social Science Socials Tata’s health system study said that vaccination discomfort amounted to a violation of a person’s right to life.
“Now we know vaccines can prevent premature death and serious hospitalization, unavailability are critical seizure.
Many Indians struggle to get vaccines, including in big cities,” he said.
In Mumbai, the Civic body has reached CSR assistance to meet increasing demand for the second dose of covid vaccines.
MAHA: 87% of Covid patients treated in hospitals are not vaccinated
