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Former Indian Captain Nari Contractor And His Wife Denied Second Dose Of Covid Vaccination

Former Indian captain Nari Contractor and his wife denied second dose of COVID vaccination

Former Indian skipper Nari Contractor had to face the brunt of a medical system that has been taken off guard due to a huge covid-19 spike in India after he and his wife were denied the second dose of COVID vaccination for the second time in succession.

A report in Mid-Day suggests that the vaccine was unavailable at that time. The 88-year-old cricketer along with his wife Dolly who is 89, were accompanied to the Cama Hospital in Mumbai as both are visually impaired. Contractor’s son shared a social media post and asked the reason why his parents were denied the vaccine despite registering on Cowin earlier.

“To get my parents ready for the shot it takes three hours to prepare them. Then to transport them to the centre is an ordeal for somebody who is immobile. Why were the appointments given if there were no vaccines? Just returning home from the centre. This is not the first time we were sent home without vaccination and hence wanted to share my frustration of how our public health system has failed. This is downright harassment,” he wrote.

Both Nari and Dolly had taken their first dose of vaccination on March 5. They have been trying to book the slots for the second dose but to no avail. Replying to the same, Hoshedar said that he understands the shortage of vaccinates but when it comes to scheduling, things should be much better.

“We can understand shortage of vaccines. But scheduling is not rocket science. The slots should be open as per the availability of vaccines at the particular centre. This not the first time…twice before I had to return after getting a message of cancellation 15 minutes before the scheduled time. There was no message this time,” Hoshedar was quoted as saying by the Mid-Day.

“We have been patiently waiting to get slots which are hard to come by and appointments were made as mandated. We get a slot at Cama Hospital on Saturday but the hospital refused to let us inside,” he added.

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