Vaccination resumes with arrival of fresh stock
The Hindu
Short supply leads to consternation among the public and confrontation with vaccination centre workers
COVID-19 vaccination exercise, which was suspended for the past one week due to shortage of the doses, resumed on Saturday after Tirunelveli district received 7,800 doses of Covishield and 1,000 doses of Covaxin on Friday night. After inoculation of 1.54 lakh persons at 84 vaccination centres, the exercise was stopped due to depletion of stock, much to the consternation of people who stood waiting in long queues for the inoculation every day. There were heated arguments between the public and those manning the vaccination centres.
The Union and State governments provided support in several ways to the needy people, but private institutions should also extend help, especially to those requiring medical assistance, said C.P. Rajkumar, Managing Director, Nalam Multispeciality Hospital, here on Saturday. Speaking at a function to honour Inspector General of Police V. Balakrishnan and neurologist S. Meenakshisundaram with C. Palaniappan Memorial Award for their contribution to society and Nalam Kappom medical adoption of Type-1 diabetic children, he said the governments implemented numerous welfare programmes, but the timely help by a private hospital or a doctor in the neighbourhood to the people in need would go a long way in safeguarding their lives.












