Negeri Sembilan health director Dr Harlina Abdul Rashid intervened to make it possible, hours after FMT brought the matter to her attention.

She made arrangements for Satwant to get vaccinated at the Tampin district hospital after he was mistakenly denied the jab on Tuesday.

She apologised for the mistake made by staff at the Dewan Perdana vaccination centre.

Satwant said: “I salute Dr Halina’s efforts to put things right and her noble gesture to get me swiftly vaccinated.”

He hoped his experience would be an eye-opener for the authorities when dealing with people with disabilities.

Visually-impaired Satwant, who lives in Tampin and gets his dialysis done at Pulau Sebang thrice a week, was told to get the vaccine at the Melaka general hospital, 37km away, when it could have been done at the district hospital.

Satwant, who is certified as a person with disabilities (OKU), was not told dialysis patients in the state could only be vaccinated at government hospitals before he had gone to the centre.

To make matters worse, he received a shocking notification via MySejahtera that he was temporarily out of the vaccination programme since he was “unable to make the appointment for the first dose”.