Mumbai: One of the youngest patient against Covid 19th SevenHills Hospital at Andheri is Vibha Tiwari 22 years old from Malad, which also has a heart condition, rendering susceptible doubled.
When he spent six days associated with non-invasive ventilators last week, his family continued to hope he was immunized.
At the other end of town, residents Shashikant Awhade Kolhapur (24) camping at St George’s Hospital corridors and strike at the very mention of his mother, who is in the ICU.
Anusuya Awhade (40) has covid and deadly mukorkosis that affect the eye.
“Vaccination reach our village late, and even when it happens, almost 50-100 doses will arrive once a week,” he told Toi, explaining why her mother could not get the life-saving shots.
Most ICUs Covid in cities share a common feature: patients who were not vaccinated.
At Sevenhills ICU, which is almost one third of the covid load of critical city, 68% do not have Jab: from 133, 91 has not taken one shot.
At St George, seven of the eight ICU were not vaccinated.
The only exception has taken a dose.
Mulund’s Fortis Hospital in ICU, five nine partially vaccinated and two did not have a shot.
The numbers were the most telling came from the analysis in Jumbo Nesco facility in Goregaon – from 619 deaths Covid-19 since March 2021, 93% were unvaccinated.
TOI spoke to families whose beloved ones, most are not immunized, severe fight with Covid.
68-year-W D’Souza, who has pneumonia Covid, not interested in the inoculation.
Intensively with SevenHills, Dr.
Viplove Jadhao, said everyone in the family has been taking photos but they could not convince d’Souza to be bonded.
Abdul Aziz Ansari, husband Nasim Bano (62), who was in ICU at St George, said they had decided to get vaccinations on different days if severe side effects.
While Ansari took a shot a month ago, Nasim did not have hers when she developed Covid four days ago.
None of the Malad Girl Vibha’s family members were also vaccinated, including his 51-year-old father, mother and three siblings.
Father, Brahman and working in Diamond Polishing Unit, said his employer has promised to make inoculated.
Family of five living in slums Appapada.
Vibha Shikha’s sister acknowledged that they had never actively tried vaccinated with a visit or register at CO-Win.
Brahmanand said he got Rs 15,000 and unable to afford paid vaccination that would cost more than a quarter of their monthly income.
Kolhapur housing Shashikant said 50-year-old father had both doses because he works in a factory, while he himself had one dose.
A resident of Taluka Hatankanale Kolhapur, son says his mother is open to the vaccination, but the stock is not easily available.
He developed Covid and then Mukormycosis last month.
As mukormycosis spread to the brain, she was referred to Mumbai.
The family was changed six ambulance to travel from Kolhapur to Mumbai for the service 108 does not move beyond a certain distance.
“I can not stop thinking that everything would be different only if he is vaccinated,” he said.
Kolhapur have been vaccinated against only 25% in the 18-44 age group with at least one dose.
Mumbai Civic Corporation claims to have vaccinated 80% of the population of the city with at least one dose.
Dr.
Rahul Pandit, Covid Taskforce member, said, “We have to try and take hesitations vaccine from every angle.”