Manipur Nurse At Delhi Hospital Who Gave 15,000 Vaccine Doses Is Now A Social Media Hero
Posted on Covid-related duties for the last one year, including working in the Covid ICU, Christina, who hails from Manipur, is the only one from her family to have taken to medicine despite the challenges.
It was business as usual for 26-year-old nursing staff member Christina at New Delhi¡¯s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital on Thursday morning when India touched the milestone of 100 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses.
But she seems to have played a major role in hitting the landmark and has become a social media icon in a matter of hours. Why and how? Here's how.
Posted on Covid-related duties for the last one year, including working in the Covid ICU, Christina, who hails from Manipur, has administered more than 15,000 doses so far.
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Christina became a social media rage on Thursday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with her at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital where he visited on Saturday to salute health workers as India administered over one billion Covid shots.
"Challenging task"
Speaking to News18 about her interaction with the PM, Christina said, ¡°It was a little funny because it seems that the Prime Minister was interviewing me, asking a lot of questions on vaccination and what people have said so far.¡±
¡°It has been a long journey for me and a satisfying one. I am proud to have administered 15,000 doses as of today. In the initial days, people were hesitant but gradually as everyone came forward, the hesitancy declined and confidence in vaccination improved. People also started cooperating,¡± she said, after PM Modi left RML.
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¡°I told the PM how challenging the task was and that we often meet people who come to the hospital but are still scared to take the jab, so we have to counsel them. But we knew that we were playing an unforgettable role in the service of the nation and despite all of these challenges, we were constantly self-motivated,¡± she said.
About the 26-year-old nurse
Christina said that when she told Modi that she was from Manipur, the PM asked her a couple of questions about her hometown and also about her education.
The 26-year-old is the only one from her family to have taken to medicine despite the challenges. Christina hails from Senapati district in Manipur where she completed her higher secondary education and then went on to pursue BSc in Nursing from AIIMS Patna.
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She then completed her MSc from AIIMS Delhi before being posted at RML Hospital in the midst of the pandemic. The PM was accompanied to the hospital by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
PM hailed vaccination milestone
Earlier on Thursday, the Prime Minister hailed the vaccination milestone as a triumph of Indian science, enterprise and collective spirit of 130 crore Indians.
India scripts history.
¡ª Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 21, 2021
We are witnessing the triumph of Indian science, enterprise and collective spirit of 130 crore Indians.
Congrats India on crossing 100 crore vaccinations. Gratitude to our doctors, nurses and all those who worked to achieve this feat. #VaccineCentury
¡°India scripts history. We are witnessing the triumph of Indian science, enterprise and collective spirit of 130 crore Indians. Congrats India on crossing 100 crore vaccinations. Gratitude to our doctors, nurses and all those who worked to achieve this feat," he tweeted.
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