Dehradun, March 4 -- There was an enthusiastic response in Doon as vaccination for the 60-plus section of the population took off, indicating a laudable absence of hesitancy. This is good news for the state, but it has been seen that delivery has not been up to the mark with people having to wait for as much as four hours at venues such as the Doon Hospital. This follows on reported glitches in the Co-Win portal. The Union Government has advised the states to utilise all resources for the task, including the private hospitals empanelled under various schemes. In Uttarakhand, this had not taken off in such hospitals mentioned in the portal by Wednesday.
It would seem that these institutions are not too eager to take on the task. One reason ...