STRUGGLING with the poor demand of Covid vaccines that comes at a price, many private hospitals across India have come up with a novel way of attracting beneficiaries: letting go of the service fee that the government permits them to charge.
The hospitals, as of now, are allowed to charge ₹150 per shot from the beneficiaries, in addition to the cost of the vaccines. Most private vaccination centres normally charge Ì€ 780 for a Covishield dose and ₹1,410 for Covaxin.
As per the information shared by the union health ministry recently, only about 6 % of the total vaccinations in the country starting May — when the vaccination was opened for all adults — were carried out in the private sector.
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