Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan Receives First Shot Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Tamilisai Soundararajan, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. She was vaccinated at the Rajiv Gandhi Government Women and Children's Hospital, Puducherry.

Tamilisai Soundararajan, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, received her first shot of #COVID19 vaccine at Rajiv Gandhi Government Women And Children's Hospital, Puducherry. pic.twitter.com/6bFUJhLFAn

— ANI (@ANI) April 2, 2021

She took to Twitter to update everyone about it and urged others to join her in the vaccination drive.

I got vaccinated in RG govt hospital puducherry alongside others enrolled in Women's Vaccination center inaugurated today for women exclusively on all days including holidays #vaccinationdrive. Join me to vaccinate all eligible citizens above 45 yrs soon for #Corona free Nation pic.twitter.com/x7zAWvSD0H

— Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan (@DrTamilisaiGuv) April 2, 2021

Earlier, Tamilisai Soundararajan had inaugurated an exclusive COVID-19 vaccination programme for women at the Rajiv Gandhi Hospital in Puducherry. She had announced that she will be receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine a day before. Besides this, governor Tamilisai Soundararajan had also headed a COVID-19 review meeting at Raj Niwas, along with senior officers, and representatives from various medical colleges. They discussed how Puducherry could tackle the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lt. Gov.Dr.Tamilisai Soundararajan will inaugurate the exclusive #COVIDー19 vaccination prog. for women at the Govt. Rajiv Gandhi Hospital for women and children, Puducherry. She shall also receive the first dose of #CovidVaccine in the presence of several Senior officers of GoP. pic.twitter.com/UkLvuuBHms

— Lt. Gov. Puducherry (@LGov_Puducherry) April 2, 2021

WOMEN VACCINATION CENTRE at Govt.women & child hospital #Puducherry. Exclusively for women #VaccinationDrive 10am to 5PM all days including holidays.I will be taking my Vaccine 1st dose tomorrow alongside others in RG Govt hospital Puducherry. Join me to make Nation Corona free. pic.twitter.com/BDmypdkFOb

— Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan (@DrTamilisaiGuv) April 1, 2021

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Lt. Gov. Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan chairs a high-level Covid Review meeting at Raj Nivas with advisors, senior officers and representatives of medical colleges to discuss how best #Puducherry can address #COVID-19 challenges. pic.twitter.com/8lmwuUVAEZ

— Lt. Gov. Puducherry (@LGov_Puducherry) April 1, 2021

Puducherry lieutenant governor Tamilisai Soundararajan travelled along with fellow passengers in local buses

Recently, lieutenant governor Tamilisai Soundararajan was in the news for taking a bus ride to Thavalakuppam junction and then travelled to Abishegappakkam. She wanted to review the transport situation and the condition of roads in the region. She was accompanied by her advisor, A.P. Maheshwari, adviser, and Special Secretary S.D. Sundaresan. Soundararajan was had travelled along with fellow passengers in the bus.

“I travelled along with people to learn first hand about the facilities and conditions. The grievances which I heard from the people will be addressed after the election is over. In the meantime, discussions will be held with the officers to plan in this regard,” Soundararajan said.

Besides being the lieutenant governor of Puducherry, Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan is also the current governor of Telangana. She took charge of Puducherry, soon after Kiran Bedi was removed from the post. Soundararajan was also made the president of the Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP in 2014 and became the first woman to be appointed. Besides being a politician, she is also a trained doctor.