Hyderabad: A mock drill to administer the Covid-19 vaccine was carried out in the city and Mahbubnagar, as well as in centres across the country, on Saturday to identify the logistical challenges and solve in advance the problems that could arise during the actual roll-out of the vaccination programme.
Health minister Etela Rajender said, “The Centre has indicated sending five lakh doses and we want these done first for healthcare workers, police and emergency departments personnel, as they are the first in the line of exposure.”
The dry run was carried out at Gandhi Hospital as also the primary healthcare centres at Nampally and Tilaknagar. Yashoda Hospitals at Somajiguda was the only private hospital where the mock drill was done.
At the Tilaknagar centre, Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan and her husband, senior nephrologist Dr P. Soundararajan, observed the protocols being followed for the dry run. They motivated healthcare workers for carrying out the mock…