‘Vaccine indenting deadline extended for pvt. hospitals’

While PHANA says it has been, NHM avers there is no clarity

With private hospitals expressing practical problems in raising indents at short notice, the Friday deadline set by the Centre to indent vaccines under the 25% quota for private sector has been extended till July 21, claimed H.M. Prasanna, president of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (PHANA). Although 15 lakh doses of vaccines are available under the 25% quota for private hospitals in Karnataka this month, indents for 6.48 lakh doses had been raised till 7 p.m. on Friday night. However, Arundathi Chandrashekar, State Mission Director, National Health Mission, said the next available slot for indenting will be for the next month’s quota. “We have no information as of now about another slot this month. With 6.48 lakh indents raised till 7 p.m. on Friday, the indenting portal on CoWIN is still open. But, we are not sure if hospitals will be allowed to indent by July 21 for this month,” she told The Hindu.