Thane (Maharashtra): A medical officer and a nurse were suspended on Tuesday after they administered an anti-rabies vaccine instead of a Covid vaccine to a man in Thane, Maharashtra.
The incident took place on Monday when a 40-year old man, Rajkumar Yadav, had gone to get the COVID-19 vaccine at a healthcare centre in the Kalwa area of Thane district but mistakenly was administered an anti-rabies injection.
"The concerned patient, Rajkumar Yadav on Monday came for inquiring about the COVID vaccine at Atkoneshwar Nagar primary health care centre in Kalwa east. The medical officer in charge of the centre gave him case papers for the Covishield vaccine and asked him to wait in the queue," said Sandeep Malvi, Additional Commissioner, Municipal Corporation.
Malvi further said that Yadav mistakenly went and sat in a queue meant for ARV, when his turn came to get the shot, the concerned nurse did not check his case papers nor inform him about the vaccine dose administered. She assumed he was there for an ARV shot and gave him the jab.
"Dr Rakhi Tawde and the nurse, Kirti Rayat, both present at the centre at the time of the incident were immediately suspended for their negligence," he further informed. Meanwhile, the man is under observation and is stable.
Earlier in April this year, three elderly women were administered anti-rabies injections instead of the COVID-19 vaccine at a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district.
The women, Saroj (70), Anarkali (72) and Satyavati (60), had gone to the government community health care centre in Kandhla on Thursday to get vaccinated against Covid.
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