You may soon be able to have an ambulance from a nearby private hospital at your doorstep to get the COVID vaccine after the state government opens up vaccination for the 18-44 age group. This is one of the many steps being planned by private hospitals after the city saw serpentine queues of senior citizens and those aged 45 and above at vaccination centres. 

Ways are being devised to ensure fewer people turn up at vaccination centres, thereby reducing the risk of spreading the virus and maintaining social distancing. Dr Gautam Bhansali, chief coordinator of all private hospitals for vaccination and COVID, said, “Every private hospital has an ambulance service. It will go to nearby housing societies, corporate offices and workplaces and hold the vaccination drive. Each ambulance will have a doctor and two nurses and will be equipped with required medications. In case of an emergency post-vaccination, the person can be shifted to the hospital in the same ambulance.”