Jharkhand: Godda woman claims getting vaccinated twice in 10 minutes, probe ordered

DUMKA: Godda civil surgeon Dr S K Mishra ordered a probe on Monday a day after a 22-year-old woman claimed that she was given two doses of the Covishield vaccine within a span of 10 minutes at a vaccination camp in Poriyahat block.
Dr Mishra said, “I have ordered the chief medical officer (in-charge) of Poriyahat block to conduct the probe into the allegation levelled against an auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) by the complainant.”
The complainant, Bulbul Dutta, said after taking her first dose she was resting at the vaccination centre when an ANM called her again after 10 minutes and administered the second dose. She added that she informed the ANM that she had taken her first dose just a few minutes ago but she didn’t listen.
“Despite repeatedly telling the ANM that I took the first dose just a few minutes ago, she paid no heed and administered the dose on my right hand,” she said while talking to reporters at the panchayat bhavan in Deodand village, the video of which went viral, triggering a backlash against health officials on social media.
Dr Mishra, however, rejected the claim and said that such a lapse could not have occurred. He explained that as per the Covid vaccination protocol, the vaccine can only be administered on the left hand unless he/she has any problems on that hand.
He said none of the 165 persons, who took the vaccine at that centre, supported the woman’s claims. He added that no other candidate was bearing the same name to turn up for the vaccine, which could suggest that the ANM may have called the name twice. “The woman should have refused the second dose if at all that incident took place at all. She should have raised an alarm. How is it be possible that no one saw this episode?” the civil surgeon said.