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GUWAHATI: An awareness meeting on Management of Bio-Medical Wastes and implementation of Bar Code was organized by the Pollution Control Board, Assam in collaboration with M/s Fresh Air Waste Management Service Pvt. Ltd., the operator of Common Bio- Medical Waste Treatment Facility and Sri Sankardeva Nethralaya in Guwahati on Wednesday.[Also Read:
The Meeting was presided over by renowned ophthalmologist and eye surgeon Dr. Harsha Bhattacharjee, the founder,
President and Trustee of Sri Sankardeva Nethralaya, Guwahati. Dr. Kasturi Bhattachrjee, Director of Sri Sankardeva Nethralaya delivered the welcome address with warm greetings to the dignitaries and delegates of hospital, nursing home and diagnostic centres. Around 90 health care facilities of Kamrup (M) District participated in the awareness meet.
Assam: Dr Milan Kumar Laskar from Bokakhat Gets the 1st COVID-19 Vaccine
The target of the first phase is to vaccinate 1,90,000 health care workers in Assam and 1,00,000 frontline workers in the second phase of the drive.
| 16 Jan 2021 8:41 AM GMT
Bokakhat: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the COVID-19 vaccination drive across the country, in Assam Dr Milan Kumar Laskar was the first doctor to receive the vaccine shot in Bokakhat.
The doctor has been vaccinated at Swahid Kamala Miri Subdivision Civil Hospital at Bokakhat. Meanwhile, 406 frontline workers will be vaccinated in the first phase at Bokakhat subdivision.
It is to be mentioned that the vaccination drive in Assam was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister at the Assam Medical College(AMC), Dibrugarh while Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the drive at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital(GMCH), Guwahati.
12 Doctors to get 1st Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine Today in Gauhati Medical College
The exercise will begin in 65 sites in 33 districts across the state after PM Modi launches the all India rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination drive
| 16 Jan 2021 5:19 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: Twelve senior doctors in Assam will be the first to get the initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on January 16.
According to reports, the doctors considered for the first dose of vaccine at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) are– Dr UC Sarma, Dr Dhrubojyoti Bora, Dr Illias Ali, Dr Bibhash Chandra Goswami, Dr Subhash Khanna, Dr Harsha Bhattacharjee, Dr Rathindra Bhuyan, Dr Anup Barman, Dr Achyut Baishya, Dr Abhijit Sarma, Dr Brajen Lahkar and Dr Manoj Choudhury.