22-year-old doctor receives first vaccine jab in GTB hospital

New Delhi, Jan 16 : A 22-year-old resident doctor became the first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine shot at the Guru Teg Bhadur (GTB) hospital here on Saturday.
Akanksha Rathor has been working as a resident doctor at the GTB hospital for the past six years and has actively served the patients during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Talking to IANS, Rathor said: “I was not afraid to receive the Covid-19 shot, but a lot of things did crop up in my mind. Also, being a doctor, I had to keep my emotions subdued and proceed as per the schedule. After vaccination, I was sent to the observation area for nearly 40 minutes.” Akhilesh Sharma, a nursing staff at the GTB hospital, who also received the vaccine jab in the first batch on Saturday, said that he has been serving in the hospital for the last seven years but the last eight months were highly tensed.
He also thanked the GTB doctors for guiding and running several programmes to boost their confidence.
Sharma further said, “I received a message from the GTB officials two days back that my name was listed for the first batch of vaccination. I was eagerly waiting for this moment and today I got relief to some extent. I have not encountered any problem after the vaccination.”