Panaji: Sanjay School for Special Children in Porvorim is currently serving as a vaccination centre for persons with disabilities between the age of 18 and 45. To make it convenient for the disabled persons to get themselves vaccinated, the centre has also provided drive-in facility.
School chairman Guruprasad Pawaskar said that free transportation is also being provided for persons with disabilities staying in and around Porvorim to come to Sanjay School for vaccination.
“We are getting a very good response for this special vaccination drive. Parents of these children with disabilities are glad for the facilities being provided. There is also a request from parents to offer similar facilities for vaccination in South Goa, as it is very difficult for them to cover long distances for the vaccination with persons with disabilities,” said Pawaskar.
He said that persons with disabilities have inherent challenges in maintaining physical distancing, wearing masks and following the other SOPs, which calls for special measures to be put in place for their vaccination.
“They have to be handled with extreme care, caution and empathy. Some of them have very low immunity because of various health issues and they may get infected very fast with Covid,” he said.
“I thank the chief minister and the health minister for considering my request and giving permission for this special centre to vaccinate persons with disabilities,” Pawaskar added.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/drive-in-transport-facility-for-persons-with-disabilities/articleshow/82618310.cms