Deans, sr doctors come forward to dispel fears

Amid increasing awareness related to the covid-19 vaccine and more healthcare workers and the general public coming forward for the mass immunisation drive, several doctors were administered covid-19 vaccine in Mumbai on Saturday, with many of them saying that they wanted to dispel fear about the inoculation by volunteering to take the first doses. The deans, deputy deans, head of the respective department of the civic and state-run hospital and senior doctors from the private hospitals took the vaccine first and worked as a catalyst to boost the confidence of HCWs to take the vaccine.

The state covid-19 taskforce members Dr. Shashank Joshi, Dr. Rahul Pandit, and Dr. Gautam Bhansali visited the BKC jumbo vaccination centre to take their dose of Covishield on Saturday. “I am very happy and it’s a historic day in my life to take the covid vaccine and I have taken a vaccine to inspire all the people of India especially my fellow HCWs to protect themselves,” he said.

At the civic-run Sion hospital and medical college, Dean Mohan Joshi was the first beneficiary, followed by 42 others including heads of department and associate professors. “This vaccine is safe and all healthcare workers must take it so that they are protected from the infection as they go about their work," he said.