The government is administering Pfizer, a vaccine against COVID-19, from Sunday.
The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has listed 24 hospitals of all seven provinces to provide the vaccines to the immune-compromised people aged above 12 years.
Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, spokesperson at the MoHP, said that the patients must take their disease diagnosis proof provided by their physicians to receive the vaccine. The first dose of the vaccine will be provided from November 14-20. The second dose of the vaccine will be provided from December 14-19.
In this phase, the vaccine will be provided to patients of heart disease, renal failure, kidney patients. Similarly, patients undergoing dialysis, suffering from cancer, patients of organ transplant, blood pressure, diabetes, lungs and mentally ill and neurological patients will get the vaccine.
According to the MoHP, the vaccine will be provided from Bir Hospital, Birendra Sainik Hospital, Chhauni, Civil Hospital, TU Teaching Hospital, Sahid Gangalal National Heart Disease Centre, Patan Hospital, Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital, Sahid Dharmabhakta Human Organ Transplant Centre in the Kathmandu Valley.
Similarly, in Province 1, the vaccine will be administered in Mechi Provincial Hospital, B.P. Koirala Health Science Academy and Koshi Hospital. In Province 2, vaccine centre are established in Mahendra Narayan Singh Health Science Academy, Narayani Provincial Hospital and Janakpur Provincial Hospital.
Likewise, B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur and Dhulikhel Hospital in Bagmati Province will provide the jab.
In Gandaki Province, Pokhaara Health Science Academy and Dhaulagiri Hospital will provide the vaccine. In Lumbini Province, Lumbini Provincial Hospital, Rapti Health Science Academy and Bheri Hospital will have the vaccine centre. In Sudhurpachhim Province, Karnali Provincial Hospital, Seti Provicial Hospital and Dadeldhura Hospital will provide the jab.
Source : TRN,
