Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Friday shows that the state has been losses that are unfair because private hospitals cannot lift the vaccine intended for them.
The state asks the center to share the share of private hospitals that are not used to the government.
The state has estimated that he stood up to lose 17.19 lakh vaccine doses in June-July because private hospitals only raised 2.23 lakh from their share of 19.42 lakh doses.
Secretary of the Additional Chief (Health) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra wrote a letter to the Union Health Secretary of Rajesh Bhushan who said that Odisha lost a large number of vaccines intended for private hospitals.
“Even though this country is able to provide a dose of 3.5 lakh a day, 30.50 lakh has been allocated under free supply for July, which will be consumed within eight to 10 days.
At the same time, the shares intended for private hospitals are not used to , “said Mohapatra.
Private hospital raised 66,500 doses of 9.25 lakh in June and 1.56 lakh doses of 10.16 lakh allocated to them in July.
On June 14, ACS (HEALTH) has asked the Ministry of Health Uni to reduce the quota of a private hospital vaccine in the state to five percent of the current 25 percent, with a revised vaccination guide from June 21, and divert 20.% to the government.
Following up, Minister of Health Naba Kishore Das on June 26 wrote a letter to the Health Minister Union Harsh Vardhan.
According to the revised guidelines for the implementation of the Covid Vaccination Program issued by the Ministry of Health Union on June 8, it is the obligation of countries to collect the demands of private hospitals, given the fair and fair vaccine distribution in all regions for 25% allocation to the house Private pain.
Odisha has very few private hospitals, especially concentrated in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, while many districts do not have personal facilities at all.