Doctor Alappat Alan finds his place in the Limca Book of Records for single-handedly conducting 20,197 immunisations on children
Doctor Alappat Alan finds his place in the Limca Book of Records for single-handedly conducting 20,197 immunisations on children
Twenty years and 20,197 immunisations definitely deserve a place in the record books.
Doctor Alan Alappat, who has been running the immunisation programme at his clinic in Kurar, since 1989, received confirmation last week that his name would finally appear in the 2009 edition of the Limca Book of Records for single-handedly conducting the most number of immunisations on children.
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"They asked me for proof and I photocopied all my registration files. The result was two large bundles
that may have shocked them or even made some good bedside reading," said an ecstatic Alappat.
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"I called them a few times later, but I got a 'don't call us, we'll call you' response. I then decided to be patient.
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The letter arrived last week." For Alappat, who now lives and practices in Malad near Orlem church, the Kurar clinic will always remain dear to his heart.
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"The immunisation programme started as a Rotary club project, but I eventually broke away and ran it independently.
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I've even worked on Christmas," added Alappat, waving a document filed on December 25, 2006.
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"My friends and family thought I was crazy and obsessed, but this honour and the gratitude of patients makes it worth it."
It's a fact!
>>u00a0As of June 6, 20,197 children have been immunised at the Kurar clinic
>> Alappat started the 100 sq-ft clinic in 1972. Now, it has tripled in size
>> Children are administered the following vaccines: BCG (tuberculosis), oral polio drops, DPT (diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus), measles, tetanus oxide
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