Delhi's 1st drive-through Covid-19 vaccination centre closes, says 'unviable'

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Delhi's 1st drive-through Covid-19 vaccination centre closes, says 'unviable' after price cap



The first Covid-19 vaccination centre established by the Delhi government in association with Aakash Healthcare Super Speciality Hospital at Vegas Mall, Sector-14, Dwarka was inaugurated on May 26.

Delhi's first drive-through vaccination centre in Dwarka has decided to shut down its operations from Saturday as it became financially "unviable" after the Union government declared the price cap for the administration of vaccines against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in private hospitals.

The vaccination centre established by the Delhi government in association with Aakash Healthcare Super Speciality Hospital at Vegas Mall, Sector-14, Dwarka was inaugurated on May 26.

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"From today, we are stopping Delhi's first drive-through vaccination program which we ran successfully for the last 15 days and we actually wanted to run this for a longer time," Dr Kousar A Shah, who is the chief operating officer (COO) at Aakash Healthcare, said, reported ANI.

"However, the cap on vaccination administration charges has made it unviable for us. So, we had to stop this facility," Shah added, according to an ANI report.

Over 10,000 people received the vaccine doses at the centre so far, ANI quoted the officials of Aakash Healthcare as saying. The hospital was given the responsibility of the operations of the vaccination centre at Vegas Mall.

Source : https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/delhis-1st-drive-through-covid-19-vaccination-centre-closes-says-unviable-after-price-cap-101623487704793.html