By Express News Service
CUTTACK: The SCB Medical College and Hospital – State’s premier government-run hospital – noticed 100 per cent turnout on the primary day of the nation’s largest vaccination drive.
At the MCH, the drive started with a 35-year-old sanitary employee Barsha Dei being administered the vaccine. She urged different sanitation staff of the hospital to come back ahead and take the vaccine.
“I am feeling perfectly ok. There is no side effect. Since I and my community are at the forefront of Covid fight, this vaccine will keep us safe”, she stated.
After Barsha, one other sanitary employee Mamata Nayak and Head of the Medicine Department Prof Jayant Panda acquired the second and third jabs on the vaccination level arrange on the premises of SCB Nursing College.
The MCH had focused to vaccinate 100 individuals on the primary day and achieved 100 per cent goal with 64 docs, 15 employees nurses, 2 paramedical employees, 4 sanitary employees and 15 others together with radiographers and safety personnel receiving the vaccine.
Around 20 Professors and Associate Professors and Assistant Professors of SCB MCH together with hospital Superintendent Prof Lucy Das, Professors DN Moharana, Biranchi Mohapatra, MR Patnaik, Associate Professors Manoranjan Behera and PK Thatoi had been administered the Covid-19 vaccine. All the employees of the Social Preventive Medicine Department have additionally been vaccinated.
SCB MCH Emergency Officer Bhubanananda Moharana stated 7,800 well being employees have thus far enrolled with SCB MCH for receiving Covid vaccine.
The single vaccination level on the hospital can be expanded to 6 extra factors for easy conduct of the drive, he added. The first day’s vaccination programme was carried out efficiently, stated Superintendent Prof Das, including it might resume on Monday.
Similarly, the City Hospital achieved 104 per cent goal with 14 docs, 4 pharmacists, 12 employees nurses, 25 paramedical employees, 6 sanitary employees, 23 safety personnel and 19 others receiving the Covid vaccine.
However, the three Urban Community/Public Health Centres (UCHCs) positioned at CDA, Jagatpur and Odia Bazar failed to realize their targets on account of low turnout.
The first day’s vaccination drive was carried out at 11 factors throughout the Cuttack district. The district registered 82.2 per cent goal with a complete 904 well being employees receiving the vaccine on Saturday.
