Vaccination team’s ‘laxity’ leaves beneficiaries in lurch in Patiala

Karam Prakash

Tribune News Service

Patiala, July 3

Unable to download the vaccine certificate, a 25-year-old student, who had received his first shot in May, discovered that he had never been registered for the inoculation by the health officials.

Now, he has been asked by the health officials to get himself registered on the Covid portal afresh although without getting a jab. Consequently, he, for no fault of his, will have to wait for the next three months to get the second dose of Covishield.

The said beneficiaries, Ramanjot Singh (name changed), a student of Panjab University, said, “I had given the correct details during the vaccination. Initially, I was informed by the health officials that I will get a message soon. However, no vaccination message has been received so far.”

He is not the only person who has been facing a dilemma. In another case of carelessness on the part of the vaccination team, a medical officer of the Health Department had already been fully vaccinated in February, however, the portal is still showing the said doctor partially jabbed.

A 25-year-old girl who got the jab at a health centre on June 26 is unable to find the record and is, therefore, in a dilemma whether she should get registered again or wait further. The girl has to go abroad for studies and is running from pillar to post.

A doctor of the Health Department said, “Usually, officials, owing to the huge rush at the mega vaccination camps, note down the details of the beneficiaries but forget to upload the entries on the portal. Consequently, such problems arise.”

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