All roads lead to drive-through vaccine facility at SP stadium | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: After the overwhelming response to the drive-through RT-PCR testing facility, AMC officials saw long queues at the Sardar Patel stadium drive-through vaccination facility, the first-of-its-kind in the state.
A total of 1,164 persons were vaccinated at the drive-through centre which has been jointly set up by the AMC and Ashirwad Foundation. As the drive-through vaccination opens at 9.30am, people began to queue up from 8am. Initially there was some chaos, but things were soon sorted out and streamlined. The centre served persons older than 45 years. Bhavin Solanki, AMC medical health officer, said that on seeing the queues, 12 more teams were rushed to the spot. “If these teams were not sent the queue would have reached Income-Tax Circle.”
Officials said that citizens were made to remain in the vehicle for 30 minutes after receiving the injection and were then allowed to leave. Rajesh Patel, a businessman, said he was initially unwilling to take the vaccine as he saw that a 70-year-old friend suffered a minor infection after doing so. He said when he learned of the drive-through facility, he decided to get vaccinated.
A government employee, who asked not to be named, said the AMC should introduce an app for people to register and save time. He said the AMC could manage the system more effectively on Sundays and off days.
The AMC said the drive-through centre will operate on Sunday and walk-in vaccination programmes will also be held at Mangal Pandey Hall (Nikol), Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Hall (Ambli), Community Hall (Vastrapur), Vigyan Bhavan (Science City), Tagore Hall (Paldi), Ranip Community Hall (Ranip) and Joitaram Patel Community Hall (Nava Vadaj).
On Saturday, a total of 23,265 people were vaccinated in the city, including 12,484 men and 10,781 women. On Saturday, 5,789 people in the 18-44 age group and 10,941 people older than 45 years were vaccinated.