Delhi: Peers’ confidence brings many doctor families for jab

NEW DELHI: Dr Subhash Gupta was the second person in his family to be administered the Covid vaccine on Saturday. “My daughter, who is also in the medical profession, has already taken the shot,” said the Max Hospital, Saket, doctor. The Gupta family is among the many medical families to have more than one member inoculated against the rampaging coronavirus.
Dr Keval Krishan of Max Saket and his wife too arrived in the morning for vaccination.What prompted their decision was the confidence that their peers had in the Covid vaccine. “We realised people shouldn’t be apprehensive about taking it,” said Krishnan. “In the next six months, it will be able to curb the coronavirus spread.”
Another doctor couple, Ravi and Chitra Anand arrived together at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital in Hari Nagar to take the shot. Though they complained of some mismanagement at the vaccination booth, the couple were certain of the vaccine helping them in their profession. The Anands’ son and daughter-in-law are also set to receive the jab, making their family fully vaccinated.
Senior couple Ramesh and Beena Dhawan were together at the observation room of Janakpuri Super Speciality Hospital being administered the vaccine. Said Dr Ramesh, “We were eager to get protection since we work with sick people.” With them were Dr Vandana Sinha of the Mansaram Hospital, Nangloi, and her husband, N K Sinha. While she said it was a “proud moment” for her, Vandana wished her husband could also get the vaccine, to which he responded that he wanted the entire family, including his mother, to get the protection provided by the jab.
At Max, Patparganj, paediatrician Rashi Bhargava became the third in her family to be vaccinated after her brother and husband. “All members of my family are healthcare workers or have been one, so we all know how important it is for us to lead by example,” she said, discounting allergies and reactions as commonplace. “It is a privilege for health workers to have chosen first for the vaccine. If we refuse to accept it, then it doesn’t appear right. An allergy can happen in any vaccination for that matter, so to refuse the Covid shot on this ground is incorrect,” reasoned Bhargava.