LISTEN | Years of exercise pay off as retired doctor, 89, volunteers to give jabs

Octogenarian, who hung up his stethoscope in 2009, elected to help at vaccine centre as soon as he heard about it

ALON SKUY

I was so happy to get my hand in again to do actual injections. It made me feel like I was not drifting away into the sunset and that I am still there.“The concept of providing a service for our community fitted in very nicely with the Houghton mosque providing the venue. This exemplifies the Islamic principle of doing good to your fellow beings.

“The vaccine is the only protection against this deadly scourge. The aim is to vaccinate as many people as possible.”“They appreciated a doctor being around while other nurses and paramedics are also doing the work,” he says.

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