Vaccine approval a proud moment for country: T Soundararajan

Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday said that vaccine approval was a moment of pride for our country. "The World Health Organisation's applaud for the country's initiative in the development of vaccine and its approval is the testimony to our scientists' capability," she added.

The Governor was virtually inaugurating the seven-day-long Sri Ramachandra Pathology Annual Rapid Review Course (SPARRC-2021), organised by the Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai. Speaking on the occasion, she stated that the development and approval for the Indian vaccine to prevent the Covid-19 effectively shattered the criticism about the country's poor research and development capability. 

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visionary leadership and support to the research institutions and boosting the morale of the scientists' fraternity helped our country



in coming up with the Made in India vaccine. Many developing countries are looking at India for the vaccine supply," she added.

Referring to SPARRC-2021, she said that the field of pathology is crucial in diagnosing and in facilitating the right treatment. "The discipline of pathology is witnessing the use of advanced digital technologies and the use of Artificial Intelligence. Going for the treatment without pathology reports is like going to the war without arms. 

Pathology reports play vital role in any treatment process," she added. Indian Medical Association president Dr J A Jayalal, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research vice-chancellor Dr. PV Vijayaraghavan, SPARRC-2021 organising chairperson Prof Sadhya Sundaram, and more than 700 delegates from all over the country were present.