States »NortPosted at: Apr 9 2021 10:19PM

UP govt orders probe into vaccine hotchpotch

Shamli, Apr 9 (UNI) The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday ordered a probe into the administration of anti-rabies injection to three elderly women in place of COVID-19 vaccine jab.
According to reports, the three women -- Saroj (70), a resident of Saravagyan area, Anarkali (72) and Satyavati (60), both residents of Railway Mandi area -- came for COVID-19 vaccination at the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Kandhla town on Thursday, but Saroj started feeling dizziness after the vaccine shot.
Her family members took her to a private doctor for check-up where it was found that she had been wrongly administered a Rabies vaccine. Later, the other two women also came to know through their OPD slips that they had been given anti-rabies jabs.
Their families have complained to the medical superintendent about the administration of wrong vaccine and demanded punitive action against those found guilty.
The District Magistrate has ordered an inquiry into the incident and appointed Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Additional Chief Medical Officer (ACMO) as investigating officials. "Strict action will be taken against those responsible for the medical fiasco," the DM averred.
Earlier also, an absent-minded Auxiliary Nursing Midwife (ANM) had messed up when she gave COVID vaccine jabs, twice to a woman, within a span of few minutes at a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kanpur Dehat district.
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