Hyderabad: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said that the special vaccination drive for the elderly and disabled people staying in old age homes has been taken up as per the directions of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao.
The Chief Secretary visited the old age home at Bansilalpet today and flagged off the mobile vans. As many as 24 mobile medical units have been deployed from today to vaccinate elderly and disabled people staying in various old age homes in the GHMC area. The mobile unit will comprise of a Doctor, Pharmacist and ANM. He also inspected the vaccination centre where the elderly and disabled people were being vaccinated.
Somesh Kumar stated that the government is fully geared up and prepared to handle the 3rd wave by improving health infrastructure, strengthening human resources, capacity building, vaccinating high exposure groups and setting up 19 diagnostic centres across the state.
Later, the Chief Secretary inaugurated a vaccination centre at Union Bank of India (Andhra Bank) regional office Koti where the employees and family members of Union Bank employees were being vaccinated. He congratulated General Manager Kabir Bhattacharya and other bank officials for taking up vaccination drives for the employees and their family members through various private hospitals.
Health and Family Welfare Secretary S.A.M. Rizvi, Finance Special Secretary Ronald Rose, Women and Child Welfare Secretary Divya, Hyderabad Collector Sweta Mohanty, Director Disabled Welfare Sailaja and other officials were present. (INN)