Mumbai: 26-year-old medico got infected thrice by Covid-19

A young Mumbai medico Dr Shrushti D Halari who shot into national headlines after getting infected thrice by Covid19 now vows to ensure the virus doesnt attack her a fourth timeDr Shrushti 26 was first infected on June 17 2020 while on Covid19 duty at BMCs Veer Savarkar Hospital in Mulund and twice again in May and July after getting fully vaccinatedShe hails from a Gujarati family of medicos originally of Dholera with her father Dr Deepak mother Dr Vaishali and her younger brother Dhawal studying for his MBBS are all fully vaccinatedDr Shrushti completed her 3month assignment and was at home preparing for her MD and later higher medical studies in the US The entire family also took the two doses of Covishield vaccines in earlyMarch and lateAprilHowever the family was perturbed when Dr Shrushti was infected for the second time on May 29 despite having been fully vaccinated but recovered fullyThe big shock came on July 11 when the entire Halari family was infected and hospitalized put on Remdesivir barely 3 months after their second vaccine dosesNot suffering from any comorbidity Dr Shrushtis third encounter with Covid19 stunned even the medical fraternity with the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation officials and other experts terming it as an unprecedented extremely rare occurrenceThe BMC has taken the swabs of Dr Shrushti and Dhawal for further analysis by Foundation for Medical Research to ascertain the type of Covid19 variants that may have struck the Halari family three with comorbidities and after getting fully inoculatedThe third time in July was probably due to Dr Shrushtis low immunity levels on account of her two previous infections and the likely new strains of the virus that are coming to the fore in recent months surmised Dr VaishaliActually even the doctors initially did not believe it was possible but after our physician Dr Mehul Thakkars advice she went for the tests which came positive and she was hospitalized early the next morning added Dr Vaishali narrating the harrowing time the Halari household had experiencedThis has been very tough for the entire family Now we shall ensure there is no 4th time Dr Shrushti said with soft determination to IANSDr Vaishali 48 said the reason the family could emerge from Covid19 successfully was due to their vaccination doses medical knowledge catching the symptoms in time and getting prompt treatmentWe consider ourselves fortunate to be fully vaccinated as later it proved to be beneficial for all of us Dr Vaishali who is a severe diabetic patient as also her son Dhawal 21 and husband Dr Deepak 56 who suffers from high blood pressure and cholesterol told IANSShe pointed out that the vaccination doses also helped ensure that their infection was not so severe and now the entire family has completely recoveredCommenting on the issue Mumbai researchercumscientist Dr Pradeep Mahajan Chairman of StemRx Biosciences Solutions Pvt Ltd said that theres no permanent cure for Covid19 in the worldIt can strike even after full vaccination as the virus keep mutating so inoculation is not a 100 per cent guarantee of avoiding Covid19 altogether Dr Mahajan who has pioneered the unique stem cellplateletbased remedy for the disease told IANSHe said that at the rate the virus mutants are being detected in the near future vaccination may become compulsory every year and some global pharma giants are already preparing to give a third booster dose to people in Europe and other countriesNow in the national limelight the Halari family is keeping fingers crossed taking all precautions and adhering to all Covid19 protocols to keep the virus from visiting their home againThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever