We have started Covid-19 vaccination drive with 12 govt hospitals and 10 private hospitals here. We are targeting 60 beneficiaries at every location. This will be increased from Tuesday.
What is a dying man’s last wish? Doctors at Hyderabad’s Gandhi Hospital got unique insight into this painful aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic which completes one year on Tuesday. It was on March 2, 2020 that Telangana had recorded its first case. With Gandhi Hospital becoming the nodal healthcare facility in the state, doctors here were witness to many of the nearly 2,000 deaths in the state. Before dying many of the patients confessed to the doctors their fears and disappointments and also expressed their last wishes which the doctors tried to fulfil, sometimes unsuccessfully.
Read full storyIt was Day One of the Covid vaccination for the elderly, but it seemed they could hardly wait. No vaccine hesitancy was evident as despite the window being open for only a few hours, the vaccination sites saw high enthusiasm, heavy rush and long queues.
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