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GHAZIABAD/NOIDA: The wait for the Covid vaccine is finally over, with Ghaziabad and Noida receiving consignments of Covishield on Thursday for the first round of vaccinations.
A total of 27,410 doses of Covishield arrived in Ghaziabad from Meerut on Thursday afternoon amidst tight security. Officials said the first batch has 2,741 vials of 10 doses each, which are being stored in the main vaccine store at MMG District Hospital under police vigil.
District magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey and chief medical officer Dr NK Gupta, along with other administrative and health officials, received the vaccine amid clapping and jubilation. The DM made a swastika mark on the ice box in which the vaccine was transported and broke a coconut in front of the vaccine van before the consignment was shifted to the vaccine store located adjacent to the IDSP unit.
COVID-19 vaccine dry run done in Noida
Altogether 300 beneficiaries got vaccinated during the mock drill, he added.During the inspection, the DM also instructed the CMO and other officials involved to ensure that the vaccination reaches the centre in time and safely, to have adequate preparation for dealing with any adverse situation, Chauhan said.PTI | Noida | Updated: 05-01-2021 22:33 IST | Created: 05-01-2021 22:33 IST
The dry run for the much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccination was done at six places in Uttar Pradesh s Gautam Buddh Nagar district on Tuesday, officials said. The mock drill for the vaccination was carried out at the Super Speciality Paediatric Hospital & Post Graduate Teaching Institute in Noida Sector 30, the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) and Sharda Medical College, both in Greater Noida.
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NOIDA: The Super Specialty Paediatric Hospital and Post Graduate Teaching Institute (SSPHPGTI), Sector 30, also known as Child PGI, is all set to have a bio-safety level 3 (BSL-3) lab for RT-PCR testing by March next year. It will be the first such lab for the district even as GIMS too has applied for its sanction.
The Uttar Pradesh government has sanctioned Rs 2.8 crore for the setting up of the lab, which will come up on a 1,200 sqft area on the ground floor of the institute, Child PGI chief medical superintendent Dr DK Singh said.
He added that the lab will be functional by April and will begin with four-five technicians.
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NOIDA: Two hospitals in GB Nagar have started to follow the state’s newly revised guidelines for convalescent plasma treatment (CPT).
Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Greater Noida and Super Specialty Paediatric Hospital and Post Graduate Teaching Institute (SSPHPGTI) or Child PGI in Noida’s Sector 30 are following the new norms that have been derived from the guidelines set by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The department of transfusion medicine at King George s Medical University (KGMU) issued the new guidelines on December 18. The other six centres that have participated in the process include SN Medical College (Agra), MLN Medical College (Allahabad), MLB Medical College (Jhansi), BRD Medical College (Gorakhpur) and GSVM Medical College (Kanpur).
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