Updated Dec 18, 2020 | 10:12 IST
The doctor works at the Loretto Hospital, a 122-bed hospital in Austin in Chicago. The facility has faced Covid s brunt. Covid vaccine roll-out in Chicago sees Hyderabad origin doctor take lead | Photo Credit: AP
Hyderabad: A Chicago-based, Hyderabad origin doctor was the first to administer the Covid vaccine in the American city yesterday. Dr Nikhila Juvvadi, the youngest chief clinical officer in Chicago, heads a Covid task force that helped her hospital tackle Covid head-on.
She works at the Loretto Hospital, a 122-bed hospital in Austin, in the American city. The facility has faced Covid’s brunt, treating the most vulnerable sections of society including minority groups. The region saw the second highest number of Covid positive cases in Illinois state.