Akola. For the last 21 months, a vaccination campaign is being run by the government in all the five districts of Amravati division to control the corona virus. The department has received more than 1 crore 27 lakh doses of Corona vaccine so far, this information has been given by Rajendra Ingle, Senior Drug Manufacturing Officer of the Departmental Vaccine Store of Akola Health Deputy Director Office.
To provide vaccines from time to time as per the requirement for the preventive vaccination campaign started in Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Washim and Yavatmal in all the five districts of Amravati division. All this is handled by Senior Drug Manufacturing Officer Rajendra Ingle.
When called by the concerned company to dispatch the van to Pune for taking the vaccine at night, the department does not have the vaccine van with refrigerator facility, hence maintaining the temperature at 2 to 8 degree by means of ice pack in each box, District According to the program, the work of distributing vaccines within 16 hours, keeping the remaining stock safe, etc., has been given by Rajendra Ingle about the work of taking the vaccine to the beneficiary under the guidance of Deputy Director of Health, Dr. Rajkumar Chauhan.
43 rounds a year for vaccination!
In order to bring vaccination to five districts of the division, 21 such rounds have been done in Pune, 20 in Aurangabad and 2 in Nagpur during the last one year, Drug Manufacturing Officer Rajendra Ingle has given this information. Vaccine van driver Ramkisan Ghuge has played an important role in transporting the vaccine, overcoming many challenges throughout the year.
There was a lockdown in the state in the initial days of the vaccination campaign. So it was difficult to get plain tea on the road from Akola to Pune. It often takes three days to get the vaccine, one day to go to get the vaccine, one day to queue and then one day to get the vaccine from there. That’s why Vaccine Driver Ramkisan Ghuge and I had to take a three-day lunch box with me, Rajendra Ingle has given this information.