Covishield for 200 health workers in steel city on first day Vaccination centres set up at MGM Medical College, Tata Main Hospital
As many as 200 healthcare workers, including doctors, will be vaccinated in the steel city at MGM Medical College and Tata Main Hospital on Saturday, the first day of the immunisation programme being launched nationwide. We have already installed a two-way communication facility at MGM Medical College. In all, 100 health workers, mostly doctors, will be vaccinated at the medical college. An equal number of health workers will be administered the vaccine at Tata Main Hospital, said East Singhbhum district civil surgeon R.N. Jha
Jamshedpur/Bokaro/Koderma: Within hours of arriving at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport, vials of the Covishield vaccine started reaching the districts on Wednesday, with East Singhbhum, Bokaro and Ranchi districts (which recorded the maximum number of Covid cases) being the first ones to receive the consignments.
In East Singbhum, which received 800 vials for its 8,000 health workers who registered themselves for the inoculation, the vaccines were stored at the cold chain point in Sakchi.
“Preparations have been completed for the transportation of the vials from the Sakchi store to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital, (MGMMCH), Tata Main Hospital, (TMH), sadar hospital, Pursudih, Urban Health Centre, (Birsanagar) and the community health centres in Baharagora, Ghatshila, Potka and Patamda,” additional chief medical officer Dr Sahir Pal said.
25 health workers join East Singhbum dry run Practice sessions held at Jamshedpur and Ghatshila hospitals
The East Singhbhum district health department carried out a dry run for Covid vaccinations at two health hubs on Saturday, days after a dozen-odd people staying a hotel here tested positive for the coronavirus.
In all, 50 health workers were involved in the dry run at Sadar Hospital at Khasmahal and at the Ghatshila sub-divisional hospital. The session, carried out in accordance with the Union health ministry guidelines, began at 9 am and continued till 12.30pm in the presence of district civil surgeon R.N. Jha and district chief medical officer Sahir Pal at the respective hospitals.
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Jamshedpur: The East Singhbhum administration undertook a special RT-PCR testing drive across all the 10 blocks of the district on Wednesday. The authorities have set a target of conducting 4,200 tests during the drive. The drive was launched a day after the state health department made it mandatory for those with symptoms to undergo RT-PCR test.
The urban circle comprising the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC), Mango Notified Area Committee (MNAC) and the Jugsalai Municipality have been set a target of 1,500 tests. The Baharagora block and a part of the Jugsalai block were given a target of 400 tests each. While the target number for each of Potka, Dhalbhumgarh, Ghatshila, Musabani and Patamda blocks was 300. For Dumaria and Chakulia blocks, the number was 200 each.