RWA ensures 40 octogenarians get the jab without any delay
The Hindu
Due to their health condition, many seniors from Thiruvengada Nagar were vaccinated at their doorsteps
Thiruvengada Nagar Residents Welfare Association at Ambattur Old Town has added another feather to its community do-gooder cap, by having all the 40 octogenarians in its database vaccinated. The significance of the exercise is that the RWA liaised with the UPHC to arrange for door-to-door vaccination of many senior citizens over the last three months. Four long-time residents of the neighbourhood — K Savithri (85), C V Sivagaminathan (82), K Vijayalakshmi (79) and Padma Rao (75) — are said to the “trendsetters”, being quick out of the blocks in getting their vacinnations done. “We always keep in touch with residents and enquire about them, especially the health of senior citizens, which made it easy to coordinate the ‘doorstep vaccination’,” says S. Suresh, secretary, Thiruvengada Nagar Residents Welfare Association in Ambattur.More Related News