The Tamil Nadu government announced on Saturday that beginning next week, it will provide round-the-clock immunisation services at government colleges and hospitals for people who are unable to get the Covid-19 vaccine at their leisure.
Medical and Family Welfare Minister Ma Subramanain, speaking following the opening of one such facility at the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, said vaccines will be available 24 hours a day at this location, and that anyone seeking vaccinations should present evidence of identity.
“Individuals will be vaccinated when they have been tested. This service is available to visitors and staff who are heading out of town “, he informed journalists.
From Monday, Subramanian added, this service would be available in all government-run hospitals in 37 districts.
“From Monday, the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Tamil Nadu government multi-super specialty hospital, Omandurar, Stanley Medical College, and Kilpauk Medical College hospitals will provide the service in Chennai. On the same day, the service will be extended 24 hours a day in all medical college hospitals, as well as in regions without a medical college, such as Mayiladuthurai and Perambalur “, he explained.
The government will also market the 24-hour immunisation programme, encouraging people to take advantage of the service.
“Various tourism and pilgrimage centre district authorities have been encouraged to speed up the immunisation process. In the famed tourist town of Kodaikanal, everyone had been vaccinated, whereas in Palani, it was 98 percent “According to Subramanian.
Officials from the Greater Chennai Corporation will visit the homes of individuals aged 80 and up to vaccinate them as part of their service to the elderly, he said.
