Here's how you will get your COVID-19 shot

After 10 months of fighting the COVID19 pandemic in the city the civic body conducted a successful dry run of the massive vaccination drive at three of its vaccination centres on Friday The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC is expecting the central government to announce the dates for the actual exercise anytime in the coming two weeks The BMC claimed on Friday that it is fully prepared for the inoculation drive and aims to vaccinate at least 2000 to 2500 people at each centre dailyA mockdrill at Rajawadi hospital where a person is taken to the emergency section to manage adverse side effects PicSayyed Sameer AbediOn the day of the dry run midday visited the three designated centres BKC COVID Center Cooper hospital Juhu and Rajawadi hospital Ghatkopar where separate vaccination sections have been created The vaccination zones have areas for waiting an AEFI adverse event following immunisation monitoring room an emergency room and a vaccination room While the dry run was carried out only at three centres the city has a total of eight vaccination centres The first set of citizens to get immunised will be health workersStaff at Cooper hospitalrsquos vaccination facility during a dry run on Friday PicSatej ShindePeople will be enrolled for the vaccine through the CoWIN application The application will be accessed by health workers through a special password during inoculation Registered health workers have to be present at the given centre at the appointed time with their Aadhaar card After vaccination an autogenerated message will be received on their phones about the second vaccine shot 28 days laterA nurse gets a supposed jab during the dry run at Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar PicSayyed Sameer AbediCooper hospitalThe BMC has prepared a model centre at R N Cooper Hospital where around 100 health workers including doctors and nurses have been trained and an area of around 10000 square feet has been developed The area used to be a dilapidated kitchen which was made a COVID care centre with 60 beds but was never used The hospital aims to inoculate at least 2400 people through their 10 teams at the centreA woman is taken to the emergency room during a mock drill on Friday PicSayyed Sameer AbediA doctor at the hospital said ldquoAs it is a new vaccine we have been instructed that there should be no lethargic attitude towards adverse effects even if it is a fever Hence we will be telling all those who get inoculated to report effects immediatelyrdquo Around 25 health workers from Cooper Hospital participated in the dry run that started at 930 am on Friday The workers were pleased with the system Doctors said they will have to be more vigilant and will be visiting the centre more often The centre had 10 vaccination tables and also one emergency room with ICU facilityThe vaccination booths at Cooper hospitalrsquos centre PicSatej ShindeCooper hospitalrsquos dean Pinakin Gujjar said ldquoWe are aiming to give at least 100 vaccine shots every 30 minutes Hand hygiene and masks are very important even after vaccination People will be told about these things while they are leaving the premises The dry run was organised properly It did not disturb OPD service and there was no chaosrdquoBKC COVID Care CentreThe cityrsquos biggest COVID facility has one of its sections earlier used as accommodation for doctors converted into a vaccination centre There is a dedicated section to store the vaccines and 15 vaccination rooms Anticipating a high number of people for inoculation ample parking space has also been created Along with this outside the centre posters and banners have been placed for people to understand the procedure Mumbai Mayor Kishori Kishori Pednekar also visited the centre on Friday The doctors and staff explained to her the procedures to be followed before taking the vaccineAround 25 health care workers were selected for the dry run A dedicated tollfree number has been established to clear peoplersquos doubts Here too the process of tokens would be followed According to the doctors at the centre it would operate for 16 hours daily with 15 nurses and 15 ward boys It aims to vaccinate 20002500 people dailyRajawadi HospitalThe hospitalrsquos medical superintendent Vidya Thakur told midday that the vaccination centrersquos staff handled the crowd well ldquoWe realised from the dry run that we need to focus on crowd managementrdquo Thakur said The dry run began at 10 am and with the centre successfully simulating the vaccination of over 25 volunteers mostly medical staff The process followed an established templateldquoWe are setting up this separate unit which will be fully ready by the time the vaccine arrives It used to be a dilapidated shed but has been revived very well and It will be fitted with a roof and more structuresrdquo Thakur said ldquoWhat we documented today was that the whole process for one person takes around 40 minutes All aspects such as registration vaccination observation period have been taken into consideration and areas have been earmarked accordinglyrdquo said Dr Avinash Ankush from BMCrsquos immunisation department eastern suburbsThe vaccination manualStep 1 Register your name through CoWin appStep 2 Registered people who got confirmation lined up just before 10 amStep 3 At the registration counter details are verified with PAN or Aadhar cardsStep 4 A token number is issuedStep 5 Wait in the common or waiting areaStep 6 Proceed to vaccination booth once token no is called Identity would be manually verified then crosschecked as per computer records Doctorrsquos name and numbers would be given in case of adverse reaction during the waiting periodStep 7 The nurse would administer the vaccineStep 8 30minute waiting period in the observation room to monitor for adverse reactionsStep 9 If there are no side effects proceed home Monitor for side effects and visit a doctor if any occurIn case of emergency Those facing adverse reactions would be taken to an emergency desk where body parameters would be checked and further action takenA smooth processPooja Vilhekar health professional Rajawadi HospitallsquoThe whole process was smooth Emergency numbers were given and medical attention were prompt The process is safe and simple and should work well when the actual vaccination programme startsrsquoAkanksha Vishwakarma part of a mock drill of an emergency patientlsquoI was taken on a wheelchair to the emergency room where all my parameters were checked and remedies suggestedrsquoSunil Shankar Tawde health workerlsquoThe dry run gives us confidence for the actual drive and shows the nittygritty of the process I volunteered as a patient and went through the process to learn how it works feels from the other sidersquoPranjal Rai intern doctor Cooper hospitallsquoI was the first to arrive so I did not have to wait long We were informed about steps to take in case of side effects Even fever for a few hours has to be reported to the doctor or back at the centrersquoPriyanka Sonawane clerical staff Cooper hospitallsquoI was informed that I am a part of the dry run the previous night While getting vaccinated I got an OTP which I had to give to the vaccinator Then I was vaccinatedrsquo2500Approx no of people each centre aims to vaccinate daily Rajendra Aklekar