No doubt, by the time the first shots of Covid vaccine
are being administered to Indian citizen, elections in Bihar would be over
But then, India is a land where “ Election Sun “ never
sets ! Eg: Kerala-West Bengal-TamilNadu-Puducherry and Assam , go to polls in
2021
May be that made Shri Modiji to compare the two
processes , as reported in :
PM
pushes poll-like vaccine distribution
Extract :
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday suggested developing a vaccine
delivery system that is on the lines of how elections
are conducted in the country and disaster management work
is conducted
Ø The Prime Minister further directed that keeping in view the
geographical span and diversity of the country, the access to the vaccine should be
ensured speedily.
The Prime
Minister stressed that every step in the logistics, delivery, and administration should be put in place
rigorously,” the statement added.
It must
include
# advance planning of cold
storage chains
# distribution
network,
# monitoring
mechanism,
# advance assessment, and
# preparation of ancillary equipment required,
such as vials, syringes, etc.,
-
the PMO quote Modi as saying.
Ø “The Prime Minister said that in a similar manner, vaccine
delivery and administration systems should be put in place.
This should
involve the participation of
# States/UTs/District Level functionaries,
# civil society organisations,
# volunteers,
# citizens, and
# experts from all necessary domains.
# THE ENTIRE PROCESS SHOULD HAVE A STRONG IT BACKBONE...”
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Here is my interpretation of Shri Modiji’s frame-work
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Parameter
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Voting in Election
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Vaccinating for Covid
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Beneficiaries
Involved
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Approx
900 million citizen
( 90
crore )
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First Phase
#
Healthcare Workers …( 70 lakh )
#
Frontline Workers ……( 200 lakh )
#
Police ………………………..( 45 lakh )
#
Muni. Workers ………….( 150 lakh )
#
Armed Forces ……………( 15 lakh )
Second Phase
#
People>50 yrs of age ( 26 Cr )
Third Phase
# People<50
yrs with comorbidity
Fourth Phase
# People<50
yrs with comorbidity
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Administering
Persons needed
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11
million ( Teachers / Police etc )
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?
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Eqpt
/ Storage Facilities needed
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4
Million EVMs / 1.7 Million VVPAT mc / Thousands of strong rooms for storing
EVMs, before and after use / Thousands of “ Vote-Counting “ stations
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Millions
of Refrigerators / Hundreds of Cold Storage Rooms for bulk storage of vaccine
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Process
to follow
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Voter
Registration ( Voter Card Issue, based on prior enumeration )
Electoral
Rolls for each booth
Marking
of finger with ink
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Booster
doze followed by second doze
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Process
Hours
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8am
– 5 pm ( 9 hours )
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8am -
8pm ( 12 hours )
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Voting
Premises
Health-Service
Premises
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1
Million polling booths
(
none more than 2 km from a voter’s house )
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# Pub+Pvt Hospitals .. 69,000
# Nursing Homes……….40,000
# Pathology Labs………100,000
# Pvt Sector GPs………300,000
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Process
Time
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38
days ( in 6 phases ) / 900 million voters in 6 days = 150 million / day
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At 1
million vaccinations per day, it would take 900 days ( approx. 3 years /
2021-22-23 ) to cover 900 million Indians
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Use
of IT
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EVM
( single use / reset )
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Described
below
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USE of IT
This will involve :
# Hardware
Devices [ desktops / tablets / smart phones / Server of Ayushman
Bharat ]
# Software
Services [ Mobile app / Ayushman Database ]
# Personal
Identifiers [ Aadhar No / Card No issued by National Health Data Vault
/ Voter
ID No / Mobile No ]
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Primary Onus for Vaccination
Although the primary onus lies with the citizen, Covid
Pandemic is not only about saving the life of person “ volunteering “ to get
himself vaccinated. He, also has the responsibility to save the lives of
others, by not spreading the virus ( by getting vaccinated )
For this reason, using the powers vested in the Govt
for “ Health Emergency “, Govt must issue a notification ( ordinance, if
required ) , making vaccination MANDATORY for all
( and prescribe punishment for refusal )
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Registration
Ø Govt
to launch a Mobile App { VacReg ?
)
Ø Ask
all Mobile Service Providers to stop their services to those subscribers who
fail to download / install this app by 30th
Nov
Ø Mandate
all mobile users to fill-in “ REGISTRATION DATA “ by 30
Dec 2020 and click UPLOAD
Ø App
will require a citizen to submit following data :
Name / Aadhar Number / Mobile
Number / Current Resi Address ( could be different than add in Aadhar ID ) /
Ticking –selection of only one of the PRIORITY
CATEGORIES from the following drop list :
“ I
belong to :
Healthcare Worker /
Frontline Worker / Police / Muni. Worker / Armed Force / People>50 yrs of
age / People<50 yrs with comorbidity / People<50 yrs with co-morbidity /
None of the above – NOTA “
Ø Persons
who find it difficult to fill in this Registration Data into mobile app ( for
whatever reason – including, not having a Smart phone ), may take help from the
nearest,
# CSC ( Common Service Centre )
# Post Office
# Aadhar Registration Centers
# Nursing Home / Hospital / Lab or even any
nearby Doctor,
-
all of who will be requested to help the
hapless citizen concerned ( they may use desktop to submit registration data on
central server of Ayushman Bharat website )
Ø Based
on the “ Registration Data “ submitted,
the Central Server ( of Aushman Bharat ) will issue a UNIQUE PRIORITY NUMBER to the person ( by
SMS on mobile ) . The message will also assign a specific “ “ Vaccine Delivery
Centre – VDC “ ( a nearby Hospital – Nursing Home – Lab – Doctor )
Ø Server
will, simultaneously send notification to that particular VDC , providing full
registration details of the concerned citizen – indicating his PRIORITY
Ø Based
on the “ Number of Citizen “ assigned – and the PRIORITY of each such citizen,
software installed will send an SMS to the citizens , assigning SPECIFIC DATE / TIME to each person for visit .
This automatic / rule-based “ SCHEDULING
“ by the software, will ensure “ No crowding / maintenance of Social Distancing “
Ø Concerned
VDC will fill in details such as : Vaccinated on ( ….. ) /
Did not turn up
( This will alert health worker to visit residence of
person for follow-up / reschedule visit )
Ø After
the vaccination , VDC will also fill in further details as suggested at :
Filling-in of this data is of CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE
THE GREATER THE NUMBER OF (
VACCINATED ) PERSONS FOR WHOM VDC FILLS IN SUCH DETAILED DATA, THE GREATER WILL BE THE ABILITY OF THE AI [ ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ] TO PREDICT :
#
Where (
location ) will the infections go up further / go down
#
Which STRATA of
society is more / less likely to get affected in future
#
The EXTENT to which recovery
– rate will go up / down , and where
#
What could be
the MORTALTY RATE ( region-wise / Strata-wise /
education-wise / Income Level -wise
etc )
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Distribution Logistics
Please also consider a centralized purchase of vaccines
by your ministry from all vaccine manufacturers
No direct purchase by State Governments or any other
govt agency – and certainly not by any private party/person
Your ministry to issue DELIVERY SCHEDULES to all
vaccine manufacturers, which will instruct, how many dozes ( vials ) to be
delivered to each VDC ( Vaccine Delivery Centre ) – and on what date . These
schedules to be visible to all, so that there is no dispute between different
States re “non-receipt / less receipt “ of dozes
Each consignment to be tracked by Aushman Bharat
website and promptly displayed for all to see
Online confirmation of receipt of each consignment by
all VDC – again displayed on website for all – ensuring no debating of FACTS of
deliveries / stocks / consumption
Although, website shall not display the names of
citizen who have been administered the vaccine ( to protect their privacy ), it
will display the DAILY and CUMULATIVE numbers of vaccinations ( for all to see
)
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Related Readings :
Govt
identifying 30 cr who get vaccine on priority
Thank You All
…………………………………………………………………….[ 10
July 2010 ]
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Email sent to :
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 ( 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
Shri Sid Chakravarthy
Shri Adar Poonawala
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Dear Dr
Harshvardhanji,
I urge you to consider my suggestions on a
# LARGER CONTEXT
of control of all viruses / epidemics / pandemics
# LONGER
TIME-FRAME of years – decades ( and not restricted to the next few months )
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
/ hcp@recruitGuru.com / 19th
Oct 2020
