The Bombay Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to notify the court if they are ready to administer the door-to-door vaccination, after obtaining appropriate consent from citizens or their loved ones on the consequences have obtained vaccination.
The bank of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Judge GS Kulkarni pointed this out during the hearing of a petition filed by attorney Dhruti Kapadia.
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In her petition, Kapadia pointed out that there are many seniors who are bedridden and unable to go to a vaccination center to get the much-needed sting.
The court was informed by government attorneys that one of the requirements in a vaccination center was to observe the beneficiaries for 30 minutes for Post Vaccination Adverse Events (AEFI) and any other assistance.
However, the bank immediately asked how many cases they had encountered an emergency after vaccination. “This affects people who can’t get out. They can’t even be overthrown. Shouldn’t they have a vaccine just because they can’t get out?” The bank asked.
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Additional Attorney General Anil Singh told the court that a committee of experts had been set up to consider the proposal for door-to-door vaccination for elderly and disabled citizens. The committee proposed strategies that included a community-based outreach session (COS) to deliver Covid-19 vaccines to a defined population.
Singh added that in order to support elderly and disabled citizens living in areas around COS, in both urban and rural areas, transportation arrangements can be made to facilitate their travel to the meeting place. However, the court did not seem satisfied with these suggestions.
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In response, the court said, “They may be experts in their field, but they do not seem to have any knowledge of the reality on the ground.”
The court asked, “If you are ready to do this, then let them do it with reasonable consideration of the risks.”
The Tribunal asked the BMC to speak on this proposal on May 20th.
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