Doctors in Pilibhit & Bareilly lead by example, take Covid jab to dispel doubts

PILIBHIT/BAREILLY: Doctors and

medical officers

in-charge at

vaccination

centres in Uttar Pradesh's

Pilibhit

and Bareilly were the first to receive the Covishield jab on Saturday to dispel any fear and doubts among the people on the first day of the Covid-19 vaccination programme.

Bareilly marked the achievement target at 66.5% with vaccination of a total of 532 beneficiaries at eight centres. The assigned target was 800.

While Pilibhit achieved an 88.3% target rate with vaccination of 265 beneficiaries of the assigned 300 health workers.

Dr Rajiv Agarwal, the managing director of Sharda Hospital, a private medical institution which had been included in the vaccination drive, was the first to be vaccinated in Pilibhit. Dr Agarwal appealed to people to not listen to any rumours and trust the vaccines which were "absolutely safe and necessary".

All preparations were made according to the guidelines in both the districts. A large number of ASHA workers took part in the process on the first day. The administrative officials and the chief medical officers reviewed the situation at the centres and spent considerable time with beneficiaries to boost their confidence.

The portal of the Union government was found to be a little slow while feeding the details of vaccinated health workers but it did not disrupt the work flow.

Chief medical officer of Bareilly Dr Subhash Kumar Garg and additional chief medical officer of Pilibhit Dr CM Chaturvedi said the next inoculation for Saturday's participants would be on February 15.