Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Friday 7 August 2020

Thank You , Cabinet Secretary




What for ?

For setting up a Task Force for Covid Vaccine Distribution



Where is it reported ?

Following news appearing in today’s Hindustan Times :


What is its task ?

Ø  pick the vaccine or vaccines that India can use,
Ø  plan the finances for what is sure to be an expensive purchase running into billions of dollars, and
Ø  prioritise the sequence of administration.


Who are the Members of this Task Force ?
Ø  Dr V K Paul – NITI Aayog ( Chair-person )
Ø  Shri Rajesh Bhushan , Health Secretary ( Co-Chair )
Ø  AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria,
Ø  Representatives of the ministries of external affairs, biotechnology, information technology,
Ø  Director General of Health services,
Ø  India’s Aids Research Institute,
Ø  Indian Council of Medical Research,  
Ø  Representatives from states.


What are your past suggestions on this subject – especially re Distribution Priorities ?
Over the past few weeks , I have sent to Cabinet Ministers / State Chief Ministers  / NITI Aayog etc., following emails :
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Rationing of Covid Vaccine ?   ………………………………………………………………[ 06 July 2020 ]


Extract :
How to determine these priorities , scientifically / un-biasedly , for 700 million people ?
By compiling :
     Data about “ Persons already infected ( cured / died / under treatment ) “

     Data about “ Persons not infected so far “ – and needing vaccination


But , if meticulously compiled and centrally processed ( with help of Artificial Intelligence ), following data, compiled uniformly at source, could determine those

 “ VACCINATION  PRIORITIES “ :



[ A ]   PERSONAL  DATA

              Name / Birthdate ( for Age ) / Gendre / Contact Details / Aadhar number


[ B ]   LOCATION  DATA

              Permanent Address / Current Address ( State – Jilla – City – locality ) / Red Zone /
              Containment


[ C ]   FAMILY  DATA

               Details of Parents / Siblings


[ D ]  HEALTH  HISTORY

              Details of recent illnesses - morbidity / Medicines given ( including for Covid
              treatment ) / Hospitals where treated / Names & License Number of Doctor who
              treated


[ E ]   ETHNIC  DATA

              Race / Religion  / Language ( Mother tongue )


[ F ]  EDUCATIONAL  DATA

             Graduate – Under Graduate – Illiterate etc


[ G ]  EMPLOYMENT  DATA

              Employed – Unemployed – Self employed


[ H ]  INCOME  DATA

              Monthly Income ( to determine whether RICH – MIDDLE CLASS – POOR )


Besides using such exhaustive data for all ( Covid infected or not in order for AI software to tell us the “ priorities for vaccination “, what else should the Government do ensure that there is no “ black marketing “ of the limited supplies of the vaccine ?


Answer :


Ø  Today , each strip / bottle of a medicine carries “ batch number “


Ø  For vaccine , each bottle / vial , besides carrying Batch Number , must carry UNIQUE bottle number / vial number . Vaccine Manufacturer will record which bottle got dispatched to which drug store / when. Data will get automatically transmitted to Govt’s Central Server


Ø  Pharmacy Stores to maintain Computerized Record of who ( which person ) was sold a given “ Vial Number “ . This data will get automatically transmitted to Govt’s Central Server


Ø  No vial to be sold to anyone unless a Mobile App ( VaccineVend  ? ) clearly displays that person’s priority  ( as determined by AI ) , as HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW . No person without such Mobile App will be sold the vaccine


Ø  Chemist will enter sale-details in customer / buyer’s Mobile App , which will get automatically transmitted to Govt’s Central Server

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An Appeal to DCGI – and others   …………………………………………………………….[ 09 July 2020 ]


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Thank You All   ……………………………………………………………………………………………[ 10 July 2020 ]


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RELATED READINGS :

Centre plans to set up Covid-19 Registry   …………………………………………………( Business Line / 08 Aug 020 )


Extract :

Ø  The Centre is launching a National Clinical Registry for Covid-19 (NCRC), which will enable collection of real time clinical data for evidence-based clinical practice, research, formulating guidelines and policy making.

Ø  In a letter of intent for participation in the NCRC, the Indian Council of Medical Research stated that the registry will collect data regarding clinical and laboratory features, treatments and outcomes of Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised.

Ø  Data will also be utilised to study the natural course of the disease, the spectrum, risk factors, outcomes data in terms of medications and health systems and also behaviour of Covid-19 in those with tuberculosis and malnutrition. Also, follow up data of discharged Covid-19 patients will be collected.

Ø  ICMR has proposed that data from 100 hospitals will be collected over a duration of one year. These hospitals must receive at least 100 Covid-19 patients in a month

Ø  The registry will help in generating weekly epidemiological and clinical reports which will be published on the ICMR website. It will also help in formulating patient management protocols and develop policy guidelines, ICMR stated. It will help understand the predictors of disease severity and optimise patient management protocols
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Lockdown hit more workers from lower castes   /  Business Line  /  04  Aug  2020

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I wish you all success in quickly developing the TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM ( a portal ? ), where all concerned ,


( Hospitals – Nursing Homes – Isolation Wards – Quarantine Centres – Pathology Labs – Testing Labs – Private Doctors – Health Workers – Vaccine Administering Staff – Medical Stores – Vaccine Manufacturers – Distributors – Purchasing Agencies – etc ),

-       enter patient and vaccine related data , using a STANDARDIZED / STRUCTURED , database , as suggested in :

 Corona Patient Case Histories : a Fragmented Database …………………………..[ 30 Mar 2020 ]




With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  08  Aug  2020

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Contacts :


Ø  Shri Rajesh Bhushan – Health Secretary  /  secyhfw@nic.in

Ø  Shri Anil Deshmukhji ,
          Home Minister ( Mah / info@anildeshmukh.com / deshmukhv09@gmail.com )

Ø  Shri Rajendra Shinganeji,
          FDA Minster ( Mah / drrajendrashingane61@gmail.com )

Ø  Shri Arun Unhaleji
          FDA Commissioner ( Mah – comm.fda-mah@nic.in )

Ø  Shri V G Somani, Drug Controller General of India ( DCGI )
          dci@nic.in  /  se.reddy@nic.in 

Ø  The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization ( CDSCO )

Ø  Smt  Shubhra Singh ,
           Chairperson , The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority of India ( NPPA )
           Chairman.nppa@nic.in

Ø  Dr T P Lahane, Directorate of Medical Education and Research ( DMER )
           dmerps@gmail.com  /  dmercetcell@gmail.com



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