PANAJI
Manipal Hospitals has collaborated with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to add the Sputnik V vaccine pilot to its existing vaccine portfolio of Covishield and Covaxin.
The rollout of the Sputnik V vaccine by Manipal Hospitals in Bengaluru is part of the limited pilot soft launch initiated by Dr Reddy’s in Hyderabad last month.
Speaking about the new development, Karthik Rajagopal, COO, Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd, said that the hospital is well prepared to roll out the Sputnik Vaccine pilot.
“We have worked closely with Dr Reddy’s to create the state-of-the-art infrastructure to maintain Sputnik V vaccine. We have successfully conducted vaccination drives with Covishield and Covaxin and now are expecting Sputnik V to be available for the public in the second half of June,” stated the COO.
Addressing the need of the hour especially with the first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine directly transported from Russia, Manipal Hospitals has invested in creating a robust cold chain storage infrastructure as the vaccine needs to be stored in minus 18 degrees centigrade. The vaccine will be commercially launched later in June according to M V Ramana, CEO, Branded Markets (India and Emerging Markets) at Dr Reddy’s.
