673 vaccinated at eight sites

Ludhiana, January 21

Covid vaccination was done at eight places by 11 teams in the district on Thursday. The target for the day was to vaccinate 1,100 healthcare workers, while 673 were vaccinated by 5 pm today.

The vaccination was carried out at the DMCH, CMCH, Fortis, SPS Hospital, Sidhu Hospital, Urban Community Health Centre Jawaddi, Community Health Centre Sidhar and Sub-Divisional Hospital, Samrala. Female employees of the DMCH turned up in large numbers to get themselves vaccinated. Deepak Sharma from the Public Relations Department, along with Amandeep Kaur, Navdeep Kaur Dhillon and Sonia from the radiology department, Prabhjot Kaur from the corporate cell, Swati Sharma from the quality control department, Ashwathi Nair from the eye department, Tara from the nursing department and Nishu Aggarwal from the biochemistry department got themselves vaccinated.

Civil Surgeon Dr Sukhjeevan Kakkar said the department was happy to see healthcare workers showing confidence and getting themselves vaccinated. — TNS

THE NUMBERS

Sites         Count

DMCH    165

CMCH    71

Fortis    120

SPS Hospital   88

Sidhu hospital   78

Urban Community HC Jawadi  56

Community Health Centre, Sidhar 40

Sub Divisional Hospital, Samrala 55

Total 673