Don’t let pandemic delay critical childhood vaccinations, doctors say
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The webinar, part of The Hindu’s Wellness Series, focused on vaccination cards, the “passports to health”, and was presented by GSK.
Childhood vaccinations are crucial to ensure the health and well-being of children, and must not be delayed or missed, stressed experts at The Hindu’s wellness webinar, held on Wednesday. The webinar, part of The Hindu’s Wellness Series, focused on vaccination cards, the “passports to health”, and was presented by GSK. The panellists were K. Radhakrishna, senior consultant paediatrician and managing director of Omni — RK Women and Child Hospital, Visakhapatnam, and R. Kishore Kumar, consultant neonatologist and founder and chairman, Cloudnine Group of Hospitals.More Related News
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