IIEST, Shibpur, has suspended the Covid vaccination camp it was running on the campus with support from the state government because of shortage of doses.
A notice signed by Debabrata Majumder, the professor in-charge of the institute’s hospital, on June 29 said: “The vaccination for the employees and their family…., scheduled on June 30 has been suspended. This is due to non-availability of required vaccines from the office of CMOH (chief medical officer of health), Howrah”.
An IIEST official said the vaccination programme on the campus would remain suspended till further orders. The district health office told the institute on Thursday that doses would not be available.
An IIEST official said they had enlisted 600 of its students for the first dose. “Many of our employees are scheduled to get their second dose from July 6. They cannot be vaccinated,” he said.
“There is a shortage in supply of doses. Whatever stocks are available will be administered through the district and sub-divisional hospitals. We cannot allocate any of our stocks for the IIEST,” an official of the district administration said on Thursday.
