AHMEDABAD: There was utter chaos at the majority of the 115 vaccination centres in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, as citizens had to return unvaccinated after civic health authorities told them that they had run out of vaccines. At Indrapuri, against the 1,300 who turned up at the urban health centre, only 337 individuals were vaccinated.
Similarly, at Ellisbridge, Shahpur and Naranpura urban health centres, citizens voiced their protests at not being informed about the unavailability of vaccines. Only 26,300 citizens were administered vaccines on Wednesday.
“At the Amraiwadi municipal school, only 54 vaccine doses were administered, the lowest,” admitted a senior Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) official.
On June 23, more than 42,000 doses had been administered in the city which halved to 22,000 in the following three days. “At a majority of the 115 centres on Wednesday, an average of 150 to 390 individuals were vaccinated,” said the AMC official.
“Long queues were also seen at other vaccination centres in areas such as Khokhra, Amraiwari, Vastral, with people turning up since early morning to get vaccinated. Also, between June 21 and June 29, the AMC had been failing to cross the 50,000-mark consistently,” an AMC official said.
