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Should doctors also get vaccinated?
Should doctors also get vaccinated?
Should doctors also get vaccinated?
In this video, Dr. K K Aggarwal, Padma Shri Awardee, Editor-in-chief IJCP Publications, will talk about whether doctors should also get vaccinated or not. Doctors should also get vaccinated. Adult vaccination is necessary for health care workers. Doctors need to have annual flu vaccinations in the month of September – November. Also, pneumococcal vaccine is necessary to be given. Hepatitis B vaccine should be given three doses and thereafter every 5 years. Every 10 years, tetanus vaccination should be taken. Dr. Aggarwal also tells that all the doctors should be vaccinated for shingles which is an adult herpes zoster. All female doctors who are not married should be covered for rubella which can be troublesome during pregnancy after marriage.
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Dr. KK Aggarwal
Recipient of Padma Shri, Vishwa Hindi Samman, National Science Communication Award and Dr B C Roy National Award, Dr Aggarwal is a physician, cardiologist, spiritual writer and motivational speaker. He was the Past President of the Indian Medical Association and President of Heart Care Foundation of India. He was also the Editor in Chief of the IJCP Group, Medtalks and eMediNexus
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