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In Kolkata, Covid-19 vaccination brings a passport to normal life for some

About 6,00,000 frontline including health workers would be vaccinated in West Bengal in the first phase

Kolkata vaccination
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AMRI is one of the five private hospitals that have been allowed to administer the vaccine to its own frontline including health workers.

Ishita Ayan Dutt Kolkata
Twenty-four-year old Nivedita Gope from Tripura had joined Emami group’s AMRI Hospitals as part of the nursing staff in November 2019, just months ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic hit India.

Since then, she has not been home. The shot today would be a passport of sorts to reunite with her family after more than a year.

“I thought it best to stay here during the pandemic. There was a fear of spreading the infection and there were patients to take care of,” Gope said while waiting for her shot on the first day of the vaccination drive in India.

AMRI is one of

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