NEW DELHI : New Delhi: The lack of streamlining of covid-19 vaccine procurement process for the private sector coupled with a rise in prices of vaccines is posing challenges for private hospitals in sustaining vaccination drive at their centres.
Despite several meetings with the central government, private sector representatives have claimed that the hospitals running private covid vaccination centres (PCVCs) are not able to get covid-19 vaccines either due to the absence of coordination at state government level and/or inability on part of manufacturers to supply the vaccines.
To be sure, according to the Association of Healthcare Providers (India), that represents majority of healthcare providers in India, conducted a survey in first