Deans, senior professors take vaccine

Deans, senior professors take vaccine

17/01/2021

Special Correspondent CHENNAI

As a confidence-building measure, deans of a number of government medical college hospitals, along with several senior professors, took the COVID-19 vaccine on the first day of its launch on Saturday.

In the first phase, healthcare providers are being vaccinated. On the first day, 52 persons registered for Covaxin and 30 for Covishield.

In Chennai, the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) set up separate facilities to administer Covishield and Covaxin shots. It is one among the six centres in the State that has received doses of Covaxin. The hospital has received 6,400 of its doses.

RGGGH dean E. Theranirajan, who opted for Covaxin, said 38 persons, including directors, professors, associate professors and staff nurses, had taken Covaxin shots. “This will build confidence among healthcare personnel. Our aim is to reach 100% immunisation among healthcare staff,” he said.

At the Government Medical College Hospital, Omandurar Estate, Dean R. Jayanthi took the Covishield vaccine. “To lead by example, I took the first dose,” she said.

Similarly, at the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital, the vaccine was administered to a total of 100 persons, including to Dean P. Balaji and professors.