Andhra CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy urges PM Modi to stop vax supply to private hospitals

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has called for a roll back of the provision by which private hospitals are allowed to directly procure Covid vaccines and administer them at rates of their choice.

In a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reddy said that at a time when vaccine shortages are affecting free inoculation campaigns of the government, private hospitals are charging between Rs 2,000 and Rs 25,000 for the jabs.

As per the liberalised policy, the private hospitals willing to provide vaccination services may procure vaccine doses directly from the manufacturers, exclusively from the 50 per cent earmarked for 'other than government's' channel.

"Vaccine is for the public good and it needs to be given for free or at least at affordable rates" Reddy pointed out in his note. (IANS)

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