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These hospitals under the umbrella of Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI) had approached SII to place orders in bulk. “SII has said it will send the list to the government for approval and it will revert after it gets approval,” said Girdhar Gyani, director general of the AHPI.
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Medium and small hospitals have been told by Serum Institute of India (SII) that they will have to take approval from the government before it starts supplying Covishield vaccines to them, said industry executives.
These hospitals under the umbrella of Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI) had approached SII to place orders in bulk. “SII has said it will send the list to the government for approval and it will revert after it gets approval,” said Girdhar Gyani, director general of the AHPI.
Ranchi: Considered a game changer in the treatment of Covid-19 patients, the antibody cocktail is now available at the Raj Hospital and Research Centre in Ranchi. The cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab can be used on mild and moderate Covid patients and is known to reduce the chances of hospitalization by 70%. The proprietor of Raj Hospital, Jogesh Gambhir, said the medical fraternity was eagerly waiting for this ‘wonder drug’ to arrive in India after the Centre granted emergency-use authorisation.
“It arrived in Delhi on May 26 and we are the first in Jharkhand to obtain the consignment. Although the single-dose drug is costly and priced at around Rs 60,000, we are hopeful that people in the high-risk groups can be prevented from slipping into emergency condition by the use of this drug,” Gambhir said.
Ranchi: The state health department on Wednesday directed the deputy commissioners to ensure that all the private hospitals with a capacity of 50 beds.
Ranchi: The Covid-19 toll in Ranchi breached the 1,000-mark on Tuesday and the state capital has emerged as the worst-hit among all 24 districts in Jharkhand. A major chunk of the casualties has been reported since mid-March during the second wave of the pandemic – the toll stood at 250 on March 16 and rose rapidly to 1,010 on Tuesday.
The overall positivity rate in the district has reached 10.52% from a low of 0.7% during the peak of first wave in August 2020. The positivity rate in May this year is at an all-time high of 19.15% indicating that one of every five samples tested are found to be infected with the novel coronavirus. The figure for April 2021 was 18.76% when the second wave started rising from 5.25% in March.
Ranchi: Technical glitches in the Co-WIN app 2.0 continued to mar the smooth execution of the phase-II of the vaccination drive in Ranchi for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. Despite interest among beneficiaries, the technical issues forced many to return without getting vaccinated.
On Monday, the Union government had rolled out the second phase of vaccination for people above 60 years of age and those above 45 years of age with co-morbid conditions, expanding the scope of coverage by allowing both self-registration option as well as walk-in at government and private hospitals with genuine identity cards such as voter id, Aadhaar and others, for availing the shots. At private hospital, the Centre has fixed a charge of Rs 250 per shot.