Image Source : AP A well being employee administers polio drops to youngsters at a authorities faculty. (Representational picture)
In a stunning lapse, a minimum of 12 children have been administered hand sanitizer as an alternative of the oral polio vaccine drops at a Primary Health Centre in Ghatanji’s Kapsi-Kopari village within the district, officers mentioned right here on Monday. Taking cognisance of the incident, the district well being authorities late on Monday suspended three nurses after a preliminary investigation.
The incident occurred on Sunday when over 2,000 babies aged 1-5 years had gathered together with their mother and father for the polio vaccination programme underneath the nationwide immunization drive, launched within the morning.
According to officers, among the children got oral drops of sanitizers as an alternative of the polio drops after which many complained of nausea, cramps and began vomiting, sparking panic among the many mother and father and well being officers there.
All the youngsters, aged between 1-5 years, have been rushed to the Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College & Hospital for therapy.
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“All the children are now stable and improving. They are being kept under constant observation. Depending on their condition, we shall consider discharging them on Tuesday evening,” VNGMCH Dean Dr Milind Kamble.
On the potential repercussions of oral consumption of hand-sanitizing liquids, the Dean mentioned that although it’s not deadly, it accommodates round 70 p.c alcohol which can create well being problems, particularly amongst youngsters, as within the current occasion.
Yavatmal Collector M. Devender Singh visited the hospital on Sunday evening and enquired in regards to the situation of the youngsters.
He ordered the Zilla Parishad CEO Shrikrishna Panchal to go to the village and examine the incident and after his preliminary probe, three nurses on obligation on the time have been suspended.
Farmers chief from Yavatmal and Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swavlamban Mission President Kishore Tiwari suspects it could possibly be a case of “deliberate sabotage” and plans to go to the affected village on Tuesday for a spot evaluation.
Panchal mentioned that the nurses apparently mistook bottles of sanitisers positioned close by to be the vaccine drops and administered them to the unsuspecting children whilst one other three well being staff are underneath the scanner for the lapse.
The incident got here a day after the Polio National Immunization Day (January 31), which was launched by President R. N. Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday.
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