BrihanMumbai Municipal Corp is Followed by KDMC in Providing COVID Vaccine to Leprosy Patients
Moneylife Digital Team
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Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corp (KDMC) has become the second municipal corporation in Maharashtra to provide COVID vaccine jabs to people disabled due to leprosy. BrihanMumbai Municipal Corp (BMC) was the first to offer COVID vaccine to leprosy patients.
Last month, BMC started vaccination for leprosy patients at its Acworth Municipal Hospital in Wadala. According to a senior healthcare professional, till date the vaccination centre has provided COVID vaccine to 47 destitute, and disabled leprosy patients.
He says, "A team of three doctors, one medical social worker, and one paramedic staff started the process of enrolling eligible leprosy patients, who had the required documents on 1 March 2021 and within few days we enrolled 33 patients."