Further stepping its efforts to ensure an effective mechanism for the administration of Covid vaccine whenever it arrives, the district administration on Tuesday has earmarked 33 session sites (vaccination sites) where the vaccine will be given to the frontline health workers under its first phase.Presiding over a meeting of District Task Force in the district administrative Complex, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that these 33 sites include 24 in urban and nine in the rural belt of the district where the team of five-member team one vaccinator, two support staff, security personnel and one person to verify documents for 100 frontline workers will be deputed in each site. He said that sessions sites in the city include Civil Hospital, Urban Community Health Centres in Dada Colony, Basti Guzan, Khurla Kingra, Urban Primary Health Centre Garha, Community Health Centre PAP, ESI Hospital, PIMS Hospital, Guru Nanak Mission Hospital, NHS Hospital, Shrimann Hospital, Capitol Hospital, Gulab Devi Hospital, Bhutani Hospital, New Ruby Hospital, Kidney Hospital, Sacred Hearts Hospital, Patel Hospital, Shingara Singh Hospital, SGL Hospital, Johal Hospital, Guru Teg Bahadur Charitable Hospital, Ghai Hospital and Joshi Hospital.
Similarly in the Rural belt, all block-level government hospitals in Kartarpur, Kala Bakra, Shahkot, Bara Pind, Adampur, Jamsher, Jandiala, Bilga and Mehatpur have been identified as session sites for administering the vaccine.He said that the site of the session will have three rooms -one for verification, the second for vaccination and the third for observation, where after the immunization, the person will be observed to check the health status besides ambulance would also be stationed at each site.He said that all these activities would be carried out with strict adherence to the Covid protocols including wearing masks properly, maintaining social distancing and hand hygiene. He also directed the health department to set up additional vaccination teams for smooth conduct of the drive. The Deputy Commissioner stated that a control room would also be set up at district headquarters and block-level whenever the vaccination drive starts.Ghanshyam Thori further asked all the heads of departments to appoint nodal officers for the vaccination drive and give the list to his office within two-day.Prominent among present on the occasion included Additional Deputy Commissioner (G) Jasbir Singh, Civil Surgeon Dr Gurinder Kaur Chawla, District Immunization Officer Dr Seema, District Medical Commissioner Dr Anu Sharma, Epidemiologist Dr Satish Sharma and others.