“When the going gets tough, the tough get going” song of Billy Ocean, British singer-songwriter seems to have been characterised by India’s fight against Covid. Within a year of its launch, India has achieved a remarkable record of administering more than 150 Crore covid vaccines and is going strong. Many of the developed nations are yet to reach their entire population, and still in the name of Reality Check some of the foreign media is targeting India for missing 100% vaccination. They had been doing doomsday predictions in the past too that India’s vaccination drive was going horribly wrong. India on the other hand has also been helping many needy nations in the form of Vaccine- maitri.
On behalf of the indebted nation, Prime Minister Modi thanked doctors, scientists, innovators and the health care workers and said “A remarkable day on the vaccination front! Congratulations to our fellow citizens on crossing the 150 crore milestone. Our vaccination drive has ensured that many lives are saved. At the same time, let us also keep following all COVID-19 related protocols.” He had steered the domestic vaccine research and development programme from the front and ensured that the Indian vaccine manufacturers got a conducive environment for accelerated vaccine research, development and manufacture in the spirit of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.
On 18th September 2,50,10,390 covid vaccines were administered. This is 10,42,100 per hour or 17,368 per minute or 289 doses per second. This is an unprecedented scale of implementation by any standards. None of the developed nations have been able to come anywhere close to this scale and is a testimony of transforming the Public Health Care system in the system under Ayushman Bharat.
This transformation is qualitative too. In 2014 there were only 6 AIIMS in the country, today there are 22. Even for the primary healthcare system, more than 50 thousand Jan Aushadhi Kendra are distributing affordable drugs. Among these, around 50 cancer related medicines are also available at affordable prices which is transformational as India’s poor and middle class has long been victims of financial havoc created due to such disease. To make the care and treatment more accessible and affordable in the eastern India, PM Modi inaugurated Cancer Hospital yesterday.
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