Nagpur: Covid vaccination started late in the seven rural centres of Nagpur district as district administration had instructed the doctors to start the process only after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to nation ended.
PM’s address was over at around 11.15am and the Hingna Rural Hospital authorities began the process after that. The first dose was administered to Dr Dilip Gode (67), dean of Datta Meghe Medical College, at around 11.30am. Nurse Geeta Dhurve was chosen to administer the vaccine. Dr Dilip’s wife, Dr Surinder was next to be vaccinated.
Earlier, Dr Gode and his wife were welcomed with roses by the hospital’s medical superintendent Dr Ravikant Ghoderao.
Five persons, whose names were on the top of the list, were asked to go inside the Covid vaccination section. They were asked to sit in the waiting room while Dr Gode was asked to come to the vaccination room.
After vaccination, the vaccinated person was asked to wait for half an hour in the observation room. If the person did not have any reaction, he or she was allowed to leave.
Police personnel were posted at the entrance of vaccination section. They called out the names of the persons to be vaccinated, who had to show their identity cards. They were then scanned for fever and asked about any symptoms of cough and cold by the nurses. Then they were allowed to go to the waiting room.
Dr Gode told the media that he had chosen to be the first person to be vaccinated in Hingna to quell unfounded rumours on the social media about reactions of the vaccine.
“I was administrated a Covid vaccine and I am absolutely fine. There is no after effect. I appeal to people to not believe in these rumours and get vaccinated when their turn comes,” he added.
Nurse Dhurve said that she was feeling satisfied after vaccinating people for Covid. “This disease has killed many people and after all of us get the vaccine it will no longer be a menace,” she added.