Housing societies and companies can tie up with vaccination centres at private hospitals to set up camps on their respective premises, says BMC
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Even as shortage of vaccines continues and many private hospitals struggle to start vaccination, the BMC has come up with guidelines for housing societies and workplaces to start vaccination on their premises in association with private centres.
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Private Covid-19 vaccination centres will have to procure anti-Covid-19 vaccines and be responsible for setting up camps at housing societies and workplaces, the BMC states in the guidelines. On-the-spot registration will be allowed at workplaces, but not at housing societies.
The civic body states that the private vaccination centres and housing societies/workplaces will have to together decide the price of each dose. A nodal officer is to be appointed by the societies and the workplaces to coordinate with private hospitals for smooth execution of the drive.
Officials said this will be more of a door-to-door vaccination model if there is a good response and private hospitals manage to procure the doses. Moreover, the BMC has also allowed small nursing homes located in several residential complexes to tie up with private hospitals to learn how to administer the doses. These nursing homes can then procure vaccines and hold vaccination camps in their respective societies or complexes.
The private centres will be responsible for treating any kind of adverse effects as well, and will have to set up relevant infrastructure, like observation rooms, on the premises of housing societies and at workplaces.
“We are also working on a method to ensure non-tech savvy citizens and those who can’t operate the CoWIN portal, and for their access to vaccines in time. Today, BMC has also issued guidelines for vaccination policy of housing societies partnering with hospitals for vaccination within societies,” minister Aaditya Thackeray tweeted.
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