Nagpur: Seven vials of Covishield vaccine have gone missing from Chatari rural hospital in Akola district, leading to probably the nation’s first ‘missing’ complaint with the police in the ongoing vaccination drive. Channi police have started a probe into the missing complaint.
Though the vials had gone missing on February 12, the hospital authorities decided to report the matter to Channi police station on Tuesday, leading to the lodging of a ‘missing’ complaint by the medical superintendent. In the complaint report, the medical superintendent has also mentioned that his approaching the cops also means that the vaccine shots were not ‘misused’.
It’s learnt there were 44 vials of vaccines in the freezer when the concerned staff nurse last saw them on February 11. The following morning, a new team of staff nurses were surprised to see seven vials missing. They alerted senior officials of the hospital. The hospital authorities first tried to trace the vials and verified their records, before approaching the police. This is being blamed for the delay of four days, said a cop.
It was also reliably learnt the place had no CCTV surveillance system in place. Police sources also said the security system too was not up to the mark.
SP G Shreedhar said the matter is under investigation and would be probed thoroughly. “Prima facie we are trying to ascertain whether it’s mischief, omission or negligence. Later, we would decide the course of action on the basis of our investigation findings,” he said. The SP has also asked police station incharge assistant PI (API) Rahul Wagh to conduct the inquiry himself.
API Wagh said statements of the concerned staff nurses, paramedical staffers and rest of the concerned persons are being recorded. “We cannot come to any conclusion regarding the incident as of now. Our process of conducting inquiry, questioning and recording of statements is underway,” said Wagh.