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Need a dedicated vaccine helpline, say Mumbai doctors manning COVID-19 war rooms

Doctors manning war rooms say they get frivolous calls that eat into their efforts to secure beds for critical patients

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An official from P South ward war room said many people don’t know that the NESCO centre in its jurisdiction is closed on Sunday and end up visiting it. Pic/Satej Shinde

An official from P South ward war room said many people don’t know that the NESCO centre in its jurisdiction is closed on Sunday and end up visiting it. Pic/Satej Shinde

Doctors working across COVID-19 war rooms in the city are demanding a dedicated, centralised helpline solely for vaccination-related queries to help reduce frivolous enquiries and free up phone lines for people in search of beds, oxygen cylinders and/or ambulances. The war rooms have to field hundreds of vaccine-related queries daily.

Ward war rooms have limited information such as vaccination centres’ names and contact numbers and the period between two doses. File pic
Ward war rooms have limited information such as vaccination centres’ names and contact numbers and the period between two doses. File pic

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