More than 40 elderly people with medical complications staying at the Shri Krishna Old Age Home in Old Town were vaccinated on Wednesday from the comforts of their own living areas by the BMC.
A team from BMC comprising a vaccinator, a data entry operator (DEO), a nodal officer and a doctor reached the old age home’s main centre at Tankapani Road to carry out the vaccination. Vaccine was administered to the inmates after their names were registered on the spot to make it hassle-free for them.
Subsequently, the team went to two more centres located at Nuagaon and at Keuta Sahi Chhak near Lingaraj Temple to vaccinate the other elderly people living in the old-age homes.
Inmates of the old-age home expressed their happiness and gratitude soon after they were vaccinated from the comfort of their living areas.
After the inoculation, Zonal Deputy Commissioner (South-East Zone) Ansuman Rath who was supervising and monitoring the entire vaccination drive at the old-age home, interacted with the inmates and their caretakers and advised the inmates to do Yoga, light exercise and speak to their family members (staying outside), relatives, friends over phone or video calls to beat the stress, if any.
Later, four inmates of t he Odisha Association for the Blind situated at Satya Nagar were also vaccinated at their premises.
The civic body has planned to vaccinate inmates of the Shelters for Urban Homeless (SUH) in the city on Thursday.