Punjab Government Diverting Vaccines To Private Hospitals: Akali Dal

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, in a statement, alleged that vaccine doses were not available in the state but they were being sold to private institutions instead of being given free of cost to the common man.

Punjab's opposition party SAD on Thursday accused the state's Congress government of "diverting" Covid vaccines to private hospitals at "hefty margins". Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, in a statement alleged that vaccine doses were not available in the state but they were being sold to private institutions instead of being given free of cost to the common man. He claimed that a Covaxin dose costing Rs 400 to the state was being sold to private institutions at Rs 1,060. He said the private hospitals are further charging people Rs 1,560 for each dose.