Seeking a hike in allocation of vaccines to the Tamil Nadu and also to increase the sub-allocation of vaccines for Government Institutions to 90 percent, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday wrote to Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harshvardan.

CM Stalin says the allocation for Tamil Nadu so far has been the lowest among other states in terms of doses per thousand population. He also reiterated his earlier demand of allocation of one crore doses to correct the inadequate allotment in the past.  He highlights the issue of how the 25% allocation of vaccines under the new liberalised vaccine policy is grossly higher when compared to the actual vaccinations done by them.

So far as Tamil Nadu is concerned, out of the 1.43 crore doses which have been totally used, the private hospitals have used only 6.5 lakh doses, which translates to just 4.5%. Even in the current month, out of the 43.5 lakh doses administered in the state, private institutions have contributed to only 4.5 lakh doses. 

"The above mismatch between demand and supply in government and private institutions has resulted in a situation where the private hospitals in Tamil Nadu have around 7-8 lakhs doses available with them, which is equivalent to one-month performance whereas government institutions are left with just two lakh doses which is lesser than their current single day usage," CM Stalin said in his letter, among other points.

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