HEALTH NEWS
Private hospitals got 1.29 crore vaccine doses in May, only 22 lakh used
According to the data of government, only 17 per cent of doses were utilised in private hospitals last month (May).
As per the press release by the Health Ministry on June 4, a total of 7.4 crore doses were made available across the country in May, of which 1.85 crore doses were earmarked for private hospitals.
The data shows that the private hospitals across India procured 1.29 crore vaccine doses of the available 1.85 crore shots but only 22 lakh doses were used.
Experts believe high prices at private hospitals in comparison to government-run hospitals and vaccine hesitancy could be the likely reason behind this.
“Few media reports have mentioned that ’25 per cent doses allocated to private hospitals, but they account for only 7.5 per cent of total jabs’. These reports are not accurate and do not match with the available data,” the government release says.