Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Date: 16 January 2021
FIRST DAY OF COVISHIELD VACCINATION CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFULLY AT SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL TODAY
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital today carried successful vaccination of 100 healthcare workers including Doctors, Nurses and Paramedical Staff. Some of the prominent doctors who took Covishield vaccine were Dr. Shyam Aggarwal (Chairperson, Department of Oncology), Dr. Chand Wattal (Chairperson, Department of Microbiology), Dr. Sumir Dubey (Sr. Cardiac Surgeon), Dr. Gaurav Majumdar (Senior Embryologist, Department of IVF), Dr. Amita Chaturvedi and many others healthcare workers.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Honorable Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare today visited Sir Ganga Ram Hospital to inspect Covishield vaccination programme at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, “India has launched today the biggest vaccination programme. We should be proud of India’s vaccination programme and I assure the people of the efficacy of the vaccination. I have visited Sir Ganga Ram Hospital many times during the peak of Covid crisis. That is the reason I am visiting this hospital today as Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has been in the forefront during the fight with Covid. People should not play politics in this important vaccination programme”.
According to Dr. D.S. Rana, Chairman (Board of Management), Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, “We are happy to note that today being the first day, everything went of smoothly and no adverse reaction of Covishield was observed. Altogether, today 100 healthcare workers were given Covishield vaccination. These healthcare workers will now be given the second dose after 28 days”.
Subsequently as per the directions of the Government we will increase the numbers and categories of people to be vaccinated for Covishield vaccination.
