Chandigarh
Jan. 16, 2021:- As many as 79 front line staff
including 30 doctors, 31 nurses and 18 paramedical staff of technicians,
physiotherapists and sample collection staff of Alchemist were administered
Covid-19 vaccine at Alchemist Hospital’s vaccination centre during the first
day of vaccination drive on Saturday.
Dr Achint Narang in-charge of
critical care was the first to get a vaccine. He was followed by Dr Suneet
Kumar Verma from internal medicine, Dr.
Vikas Bhadu , Dr. Vishal Sharma, Dr. Tarun Soni , Dr. Anchal Mahajan,
Dr. Geetanjali Kalra, Dr. Harmadeep Kaur, Dr Amardeep Singh , Dr. Neha Rajoria
and Dr. Indu Yadav.
Along with government hospitals,
Alchemist is the only private hospital which is deployed as a vaccination
centre in Panchkula district.
Sharing his experience about
vaccination, Dr Achint Narang said that we can’t defeat Covid if we keep
on fearing vaccines. We can only win the virus by vaccinating yourself.
Dr Achint Narang said that he went
for a vaccine with a thought in mind to defeat Covid by getting vaccinated. We
need to vaccinate more and more people so that Covid surge could be checked.
After taking the vaccine, he is feeling completely fit and fine with no sign of
fever, nausea, headache etc. In fact he resumed his work after half an hour of
administering the vaccine.
Dr. Suneet Kumar Verma said that
the day has finally come for which we were waiting long. It’s a mixed feeling
of excitement and satisfaction that we finally have reached the stage of
vaccination.
Manisha shared that it is good that
we have put the gloomy and confusing times behind and looking ahead to overcome
the virus.
Piyush said that there was no fear
or apprehension about vaccine side effects. In fact we were waiting impatiently
for this day. While fighting the odds post pandemic outbreak one thing we were
pretty much sure that sooner or later we would get vaccination to combat the
virus. Thus we continued our fight against the virus with full dedication.
Meanwhile Alchemist made all
preparations for vaccination with the dedicated cabins, first aid area and
separate entry and exit of vaccination volunteers.
