Private hospitals bank on Govt. buying back their vaccine stock

‘State should ensure that the stock is utilised properly’

Private hospitals in the State, which have unused COVID-19 vaccine stock with them, are looking to the Government now to help them out by buying it back at least at subsidised rates.

During May-July, when the demand for vaccines was huge and the vaccine supply from the Centre was erratic, it was on request from the State Government that many private hospitals stepped in to facilitate the COVID-19 vaccination drive.

Many major private hospitals bought bulk orders directly from the manufacturers. Small and medium hospitals, which found it difficult to purchase vaccine directly because of the stipulation that a fixed minimum order had to be placed, the Government allowed them to place their orders through the Government’s supply network