The sheer cost difference in every private hospital in Hyderabad to get a Covid vaccine. The Telangana government already issued a strict orders to maintain the price of each vaccine, despite all, the hospitals are floating the norms by charging heavy prices to a common man. The cost of Covid vaccines varies in Hyderabad depending […]
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Despite Sufficient Production, Why Covid Vaccines Running Out Of Stock?
Close to one fifth or 18 per cent citizens or someone in their social network could not find a Covid-19 dose when they went for vaccination in the first 10 days of April, as per a Local Circles survey. Indians facing shortages of vaccines can have wider access, it’s a positive step. As India adds […]
Why Hospitals Using Middlemen To Recruit Volunteers For Covid-Vaccine Clinical Trials?
The demand for volunteers is high because more than half a dozen vaccines are at various trial stages and they are competing to finish the trial as early as possible. Hospitals are allegedly hiring middlemen and agents for arranging volunteers for clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccines. Pharmaceutical companies are roping in various hospitals for trials […]
How Poor People Drag Into Murky ‘Covid Drug Trials’ In Telangana?
The test subjects are usually poor men, and touts teach them how to ‘score well’ to get into clinical trials. Karthik’s voice quivers as he describes what he is going through. “I was vomiting constantly for days. My insides hurt and sometimes I can’t even pick a glass up. My hands shake a lot,” he […]