Bandipora 4 December: Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr. Owais Ahmad chaired a meeting to review the arrangements for the roll out of COVID19 Vaccination in the district.
A statement issued to Kashmir News Bureau said that the meeting was attended by Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR) Reyaz Ahmad Beigh, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Block Medical Officer and other senior officers of the district.
During the meeting discussions about threadbare requirements including availability and requirement of vaccinators, vaccine carriers, hub cutters, wastebags, power supply, Water Supply and other requirements at vaccine centres took place.
“It was informed that various COVID-19 vaccines are currently in the third phase of clinical trials and will be shortly available for usage and as such, the Department of Health was asked to do the preparatory planning beforehand, and compile the database of potential vaccinators, prioritized groups of beneficiaries to be administered the vaccine in its initial stages starting from healthcare workers both in government and private establishments, frontline workers including armed forces, home guards, police, volunteers, municipal workers, etc, the prioritized age group of persons above the age of 50 years, and persons with co-morbidities,” the statement read.
“Bandipora district has 120 vaccination centres and 13 cold chain plants available,” it stated.
During the meeting, Dr Owais stressed upon the concerned to be ready for successful implementation of Government vaccination plan.
He said that all the logistic support to health department including additional staff from different departments will be provided to health department in order to successfully implement the vaccination plan.
“DC Bandipora asked the concerned officers to work out the human resource requirements for organizing dedicated COVID-vaccination drives and to further ensure that they do not compromise the existing arrangements for COVID-19 testing and routine immunization drives,” the statement read.
Adding that the Department was advised to engage additional vaccinators among MBBS/BDS doctors/interns, staff nurses, auxiliary nursing midwives, pharmacists, and retired persons, besides training potential vaccinators.
“Dr. Owais also impressed upon greater coordination between the frontline workers of various departments including health, social welfare, school education, rural development, and Panchayat Raj Institutions,” the statement said. (KNB)