Allow dialysis centres to vaccinate patients: Devendra Fadnavis to Centre

Devendra Fadnavis wrote to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to allow dialysis centers to vaccinate dialysis patients.

Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday requested Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to allow dialysis centers to conduct Covid-19 vaccination for dialysis patients. My letter to Hon Union Minister @drharshvardhan ji requesting to grant permission &allow dialysis centers to conduct vaccination drive for the dialysis patients.In Mumbai alone more than 10,000patients undergo dialysis treatment &decision to this effect will help a lot!#vaccine pic.twitter.com/72ID1ycrVo The Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly added that Mumbai alone has more than 10,000 dialysis patients. In his letter to the health minister, Fadnavis said that he has been receiving requests from families and caregivers of dialysis patients who are also senior citizens. "They inform me that they have faced umpteen difficulties during the peak of coronavirus and lockdown right from transport to monetary challenges to get the lifesaving treatment of dialysis," he said.