Dry run prepares Vid dist admins for Covid vax drive

Nagpur: The Covid vaccination dry run in Vidarbha to assess preparedness of the respective local administrations was successful on Friday as the mock drill passed on without any glitches.
Deputy director of health services for Nagpur division Dr Sanjay Jaiswal told B “The dry run was successful in all five districts of the division — Chandrapur, Wardha, Gondia, Gadchiroli and Bhandara.It was all about trial of Co-WIN application and time consumed for completion of the process to administer vaccine to 25 dummy beneficiaries.”
In Wardha, four centres were set up one each at district general hospital in city, Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi, rural hospital at Selu and primary health centre at Kharangana (Morangana).
After one of the participants complained of dizziness, doctors at the centre immediately checked his blood pressure, pulse rate and administered an injection. As there was no relief to the person, he was shifted to Kasturba Hospital at Sewagram. (Civil surgeon Dr Sachin Tadas himself played the role of the affected person).
District health officer Dr Ajay Dawale said, “The vaccination app functioned perfectly. The only concern, however, remains about the network issues in rural areas because we might have to face Internet problem to receive the one-time password (OTP).”
In Yavatmal, civil surgeon Dr Tarangtushar Warey participated in the dry run and went through the three steps successfully. The mock drill at Yavatmal and Darwha centres was over in 3 hours, while the work at Savargad PHC was over in two-and-half hours.
On Friday, dry run was not conducted in Nagpur district as similar exercise was conducted here at three centres on January 2.
In Amravati, the dry run was conducted at Nursing School campus and PDMC hospital in city, rural hospital at Teosa and PHC at Anjangaon Bari. Guardian minister Yashomati Thakur said that the mock drill worked without any flaw.