It's our responsibility to take the Covid vaccine, say first recipients
3 years, 11 months ago

It's our responsibility to take the Covid vaccine, say first recipients

India Today  

The D-day is finally here. “I was happy when I realised that I am the first person to get the vaccine here.” When asked if she was apprehensive leading the line she said that as doctors they have to be fit for dealing with the patients and since she didn’t have any comorbidity she felt it was right to take the vaccine. You have worked with Covid-19 patients for so long the vaccine is a must for you.” Number three on the list at BYL Nair was Samson Pillai a CT-Scan technologist at Jaslok Hospital. My wife was next to me and she said that I should go for it.” The technologist says that he has been on active Covid-19 duty since March 2020 and is happy that the vaccination day has finally come. This is a message for others as well to see how we the frontline warriors who treated Covid-19 patients and fought all along are taking the vaccine because it is safe and is needed.” Almost everyone present felt that the calls made late in the night time or in some cases in the early morning hours could have been timed better.

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