How medical professionals, belonging to the class of ‘78 from Madurai Medical College, have come out with a ‘Covid Vaccine Song’ to leave a positive message on vaccination
A group of doctors, from across the world, have come together with a song in Tamil and English to motivate people to get vaccinated.
Played over the score of ‘Roop Tera Mastana’ from the Bollywood classic Aradhana, the song has registered more than 18k views within 24 hours (the video was uploaded on YouTube on Friday). “As more people watch it, the urgency to get vaccinated will hopefully translate,” says Madurai-based ophthalmologist Dr Badri NarayananThiagarajan, who appears for a split second in the video, along with 40 other contemporaries belonging to the 1978 class of Madurai Medical College (MMC).
The idea of a song to motivate people came from his batchmate, Dr KRK Baskar, a general practitioner with the NHS in the UK. Over a phone call from Manchester, Dr Baskar says it has been…