107-year-old Delhi man gets Covid vaccine shot
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Mon, Mar 15 2021 21:12 IST |
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New Delhi, March 15 : A 107-year-old man became the oldest person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine after receiving his first shot on Monday.
The man, Kewal Krishan, was inoculated in a private hospital under the supervision of his cardiologist Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Delhi.
The man lives in South Delhi and had undergone a major heart surgery two years ago. As per the hospital, he is the oldest patient in the world to have undergone stenting to the artery of the left side of the brain.
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A 107-year-old man became the oldest person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine after receiving his first shot on Monday.
The man, Kewal Krishan, was inoculated in a private hospital under the supervision of his cardiologist Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Delhi.
The man lives in South Delhi and had undergone major heart surgery two years ago. As per the hospital, he is the oldest patient in the world to have undergone stenting to the artery of the left side of the brain.
The surgery was done to prevent Krishan from a major brain stroke, Dr Seth said.
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