103-year-old Noida man takes COVID-19 vaccine, feels "fit and fine"

A 103yearold Noida resident was administered the COVID19 vaccine Tuesday becoming the oldest person yet in Uttar Pradeshs Gautam Buddh Nagar district to have got inoculated against the deadly coronavirusMahabir Prasad Maheshwari was accompanied by seven senior citizen members of his family who took the vaccine too at a private hospital in the cityMy father is feeling fit and fine Maheshwaris eldest son Sudarshan Dayal 81 told PTI after the took the jab My fathers age as per official documents is 103 years but he says he could be 106 or 107 he addedHe said there are 10 people in his joint family living in their house in Sector 12 of which seven senior citizens including himself went to Kailash Hospital on Tuesday to receive the vaccine shotKailash Hospital spokesperson V B Joshi confirmed the first dose of vaccination to the Maheshwari family Sudarshan said no one in his family here contracted COVID19 whose first case was reported in the district in March 2020We took all precautions as told by the government We had switched to electronic means for ordering grocery and other domestic supplies My father had an attendant but had stopped coming home during the lockdown and pandemic and we were taking care of each other by ourselves he saidMaheshwari has three sons and four daughters ndash all of them above 60 He also dealt in stock market until the lockdown was announced in March last year after which visitors were stopped from coming to their home according to his sonBy Gods blessings my father is active even at this age Till last year he kept himself engaged in stock trades Even now he relishes a game of cards with his grandchildren and playing with greatgrandchildren Sudarshan a retired chartered accountant said of his centenarian fatherHe walks around from bedroom to drawing room and other spaces in the home by himself although we have an attendant for his help He used a walker for longer distances and has a wheel chair for outdoors he addedMaheshwari who was born and brought up in Hapur when it was a part of the Ghaziabad district moved to Noida in 1997 where he settledWe are thankful to Kailash Hospital the government of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this vaccination process We had been hearing negative rumours about the vaccine but turns out this is good for us We hope COVID19 will soon be a thing of the past Sudarshan saidThis 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