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

Sunday, 20 September 2020

Acknowledgement is Optional

 


 

But implementation must be thanked

Thank you Shri Choubeyji,

-    - for decision to constitute a “ National Expert Group “ to guide the government on distribution of Covid Vaccine :

Context :

Coronavirus | Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network to track COVID-19 vaccine  

NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 14:47 IST

Extract :


Ø  A national expert group on COVID-19 vaccine has been constituted to guide the government on,

      #    prioritisation of population groups for vaccination,

      #    selection of vaccine candidates,

      #    delivery mechanism of the vaccine,

      #    cold chain and associated infrastructure for roll-out of COVID-19

             vaccination, etc.


-         Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey [ moshealth.akc@gov.in ] said in a written reply.

 

Ø  Mr Choubey was responding to a question on whether the government has formulated any road map to introduce vaccines for COVID-19 in the country in the immediate future.


Ø  “The eVIN system is being enhanced to address the needs for distribution and tracking of COVID-19 vaccine, when it becomes available,” the minister said.


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In my email ( 06 July 2020 / Rationing of Covid Vaccine ? ) I had suggested as follows :


[ A ]…. PRIOROTIES – SELECTION OF CANDIDATES

 

People deserving highest priorities are :

 

Ø  Healthcare Workers ( Doctors – Nurses – Lab Technicians etc )

 

Ø  Police personnel

 

Ø  Personnel from Essential Services

 

Ø  Home Delivery persons…… (  This is not a comprehensive list )

 

 

 

How to determine these priorities , scientifically / un-biasedly , for 700 million people ?

 

Now, if you ask 10 healthcare experts, there is a good chance that they agree on the above-mentioned 4 categories of persons

 

 

Those categories might add up to ( say ) 50 million persons ( needing 7 months’ supply )

 

 

But what about the remaining 650 million persons ?

 

 

I have a feeling those ten ( human ) experts will come up with very different priority lists !

 

 

No human expert, no matter how intelligent, can process and co-relate ALL the data , quickly and continuously ( since data keeps changing all the time ) for the following :

 

 

Ø  Data about “ Persons already infected ( cured / died / under treatment ) “

 

Ø  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 :

 

#  PERSONAL  DATA

 

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

 

 

#  LOCATION  DATA

 

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

    Zone / Containment Area

 

 

#  FAMILY  DATA

 

    Details of Parents / Siblings

 

 

#  HEALTH  HISTORY

 

    Details of recent illnesses - morbidity / Medicines given ( including for Covid

    treatment ) / Hospitals where treated / Names & License Number of Doctor          who treated

  

  

#  ETHNIC  DATA

 

    Race / Religion  / Language ( Mother tongue )

 

 

#  EDUCATIONAL  DATA

 

    Graduate – Under Graduate – Illiterate etc

 

 

#  EMPLOYMENT  DATA

 

    Employed – Unemployed – Self employed

 

 

#  INCOME  DATA

 

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

 

 

 

[ B ]  DELIVERY MECHANISM – INFRASTRUCTURE

 

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

 

   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

 

    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

 

 

   If implemented , my suggestion ( for using AI to process trillions of bytes of 

   data ) , will help not only in establishing who ( out of our 700 million citizen )

   gets first / second / third , chance to get vaccinated, but it will also prevent

   black marketing of the vaccine

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Dear Shri Choubeyji

([ moshealth.akc@gov.in ),

I request you to pass on this email to the National Expert Committee members for their evaluation

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

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Related Readings :

“ Corona Kavach “ Insurance  ………………………………………………….[ 07 July 2020 ]

 

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

 

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

 

Probabilities  ………………………………………………………………………………..[ 19 July 2020 ]

 

Congratulations , Sid Chakravarthy  ………………………………………….[ 24 July 2020 ]

 

Thank You , Cabinet Secretary   ………………………………………………..[ 07 Aug 2020 ]

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For the attention of :

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 )

   arunsharma@csco.nic.in  /  pbn.prasad@cdsco.nic.in  / bangaru@cdsco.nic.in


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


Ø  Shri Anil Deshmukhji , (Home Minister , Maharashtra )

         info@anildeshmukh.com / deshmukhv09@gmail.com

 

Ø  Shri Rajendra Shinganeji, (FDA Minster , Maharashtra )

         drrajendrashingane61@gmail.com 


Ø  Shri Arun Unhaleji ( FDA Commissioner, Maharashtra )

         comm.fda-mah@nic.in

 

Ø  Shri Nandan Nilekani  

    nandan@nandannilekani.in /  nandan_mn@infosys.com


Shri Kris Gopalkrishnan  

    accelerator@axilor.com  /   krish@axilor.com  

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