Sight corrected after vaccination: Elderly man claims
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 08 2021:
In an incident nothing less than extraordinary, one visually impaired octogenarian claims to have gained a much clearer sight after taking Covid vaccine jab on Thursday.
Pukhrambam Mangi (83) from Kyamgei Shantipur, currently staying at Sugnu, who had vision loss in one of his eyes said that Covishield is like a life saving drug to him, for it gave him full sight again.
Reportedly, Mangi took his first dose of Covid vaccine (Covishield) on June 3 at Sugnu CHC.
Saying that he has been suffering from vision loss on his right eye since a year back, the elderly man claimed he recovered from vision loss about two days after taking the shot.
He also said that he didn't encounter any side effects such as fever or body aches after taking the Covishield.
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Mangi, who claimed to have never been vaccinated until Covishield and don't use allopathy medicines frequently, said that he was also going through random dizziness and low back pain before taking the Covishield jab.
Saying that he has been relieved of all the back pain and dizziness, apart from recovering from vision loss, after taking the Covid vaccine, Mangi continued that Covishield is a life saving vaccine to him.
He then appealed to all to get vaccinated against COVID-19 .
Keirao AC MLA L Rameshwor, on the other hand, said that P Mangi is a resident of his locality who shifted to Sugnu about 50 years back for business purposes.
Saying that he was informed of the miraculous incident by the son of P Mangi through telephone, the MLA added that he is happy for the octogenarian.
A similar report was also reported from Maharashtra recently, he said and appealed all to get vaccinated and help defeat the virus.