Bhubaneswar:Stating that the government needs to be given a larger share by the vaccine manufacturers, the Odisha government pointed out that the private hospitals provide health services to only 5 percent of the state population.PTI, BhubaneswarPUBLISHED ON JUN 14, 2021, 10:12 PM IST
The Odisha government on Monday urged the Centre to allocate vaccines between the state and private hospitals in the ratio of 95:5 instead of 75:25 percent, as per the revised guidelines for the implementation of the COVID vaccination programme.
Stating that the government needs to be given a larger share by the vaccine manufacturers, the state government pointed out that the private hospitals provide health services to only 5 percent of the state population.
In a letter to the Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Additional Chief Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department, PK Mohapatra, sought an increase in the Odisha government’s share of the COVID vaccine to 95% and the allocation of 5% of the vaccine to private hospitals in the state.
Mohapatra said there is a poor presence of private hospitals in the health care sector in Odisha.
“For the state of Odisha, the government and private vaccine allocation ratio of 75:25 may be revised to 95:5, keeping in mind the ground reality,” Mohapatra wrote in the letter.
