Pune: At least 23 state districts report very low participation by private hospitals (0-10% of total doses given) in the Covid vaccination program.
Data on their role since May 1, when prices are liberalized and accelerate the national vaccination strategy to take effect.
Numbers show that in Beed, Jalna, Parbhani, Nandurbar and Osmanabad, government centers have provided almost 100% of all vaccine doses.
But in big cities such as Pune and Mumbai’s private hospitals have provided 48% and 54% of the total doses of each since May 1, despite the decline in footsteps they saw when the government announced free JABS in government centers from June 21 , In the area, many seem to choose free JAB.
Private hospitals in these parts have also been influenced by pricing structures, officials said.
A state official said, “Many districts show very low private sector participation because private hospitals in rural areas do not have incentives left to engage in drives, especially after closing the RS 150 service fee at each dose given.” This center is the procurement of 75% of vaccines produced by producers in this country.
Domestic vaccine producers can also provide a direct vaccine to private hospitals (25% of monthly production) as soon as they place bookings in Cowin.
Sanjay Deshmukh, Assistant Director (Medical)), Pune Circle (which includes Pune, Satara and Solapur District) said, “Private hospitals in small cities may not participate in encouragement due to a lack of demand for Jab and paid incentives.
Private hospitals Larger has the freedom to directly buy producers through Cowin, while smaller hospitals can route aggregate through the state government in Cowin, and supplied vaccines through the state or company delivery channel.
If many personal sites do not want to participate in the drive , they cannot be forced.
“Deshmukh said a private hospital in Metros was the most of the vaccine purchase.
“We recently received orders around 32,000 doses for smaller private hospitals in Pune Circle, where the big chunk – 22,500 – had been ordered by Pune’s private hospital.
The rest came from Satara and Solapur.
Larger cities have requests higher for.
Paid vaccination from smaller ones.
“He also said that the demand from the corporation also increased the private sector drive in big cities.
Experts say trends raises questions about greater, richer vaccine injustice, cities such as Pune and Mumbai seems to have greater access to the private sector vaccine quota than the small district.
R Ramakumar, an economist at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), who has tracked Covid vaccination, said, “Per capita income in cities such as Mumbai and Pune is higher and they have a higher proportion of those who tend to be able to buy the price of vaccines in private hospitals.
Also, this is the center of industrial and commercial with a large company that places mass pay orders to vaccinate their employees.
There is no higher level of income, large private hospitals and large commercial activities, in the district like Beed, can mean approaching zero demand for paid vaccination.
“Ramakumar said these factors could increase vaccine inequality in the state, as most of the dose.
Allocated by the center of the private sector in Maharashtra may only be going to larger cities, where demand for paid jabs is relatively high.