Dhanbad starts helpline for vaccine recipients District-level feedback to avoid confusion and ensure necessary intervention
The district health committee has launched a helpline number for Covid-19 vaccine beneficiaries developing adverse reactions following the immunisation.
The After Event Following Immunization (AEFI) cases can call 9608264821 if they are suffering from side effects like itching, headache, abdominal pain, body ache or fever and other complications.
Dr Vikas Rana, District Reproductive and Child Health Officer, told The Telegraph Online: “We were not receiving district level feedbacks with regard to effects of covid vaccination and thus launched the helpline number to get feed backs and ensure necessary intervention to manage any side effect or complication for which proper arrangement are in place at different hospitals of the district including, Sadar Hospitals