Updated Feb 03, 2021 | 15:13 IST
BMC Assistant Commissioner Ramesh Pawar on Wednesday mistakenly had a sip of sanitiser from a bottle thinking its water. BMC Assistant Commissionner Ramesh Pawar mistakenly drinks sanitiser
Mumbai: A video of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Assistant Commissioner Ramesh Pawar mistakenly drinking sanitiser from a bottle is doing the rounds on social media on Wednesday. The incident happened when Pawar was presenting the budget of the Education Department for the year 2021-22.
The video doing rounds on social media shows Pawar picking up a bottle kept at the dais thinking it s drinking water and taking a sip from it. Fortunately, the BMC official soon realised it was not water and kept the bottle aside. One of the officers tried to stop him from drinking the sanitiser, but by then he had already taken the sip. Soon after Pawar was offered a bottle of water to drink by an official.
Horror: 12 Kids Given Sanitizer Instead of Polio Drops by Hannah Joy on February 2, 2021 at 5:03 PM
In Maharashtra, a shocking lapse took place at a Primary Health Centre in Ghatanji s Kapsi-Kopari village in the district, as 12 kids were administered hand sanitizer instead of the oral polio vaccine drops.
Taking cognizance of the incident, the district health authorities late on Monday suspended three nurses after a preliminary investigation.
The incident took place on Sunday when over 2,000 small children aged 1-5 years had gathered along with their parents for the polio vaccination program under the national immunization drive, launched in the morning.
‘Nurses mistook bottles of sanitizers placed nearby to be the vaccine drops and administered them to the kids. The incident took place after the Polio National Immunization Day (January 31).’
12 kids given sanitizer instead of polio drops in India s Maharashtra, 3 nurses suspended
02 Feb 2021
Gulf Today Report
In a shocking lapse, at least 12 kids were administered hand sanitizer instead of the oral polio vaccine drops at a Primary Health Centre in Ghatanji s Kapsi-Kopari village in the district, officials said on Monday.
Taking cognisance of the incident, the district health authorities late on Monday suspended three nurses after a preliminary investigation.
The incident took place on Sunday when over 2,000 small children aged 1-5 years had gathered along with their parents for the polio vaccination programme under the national immunization drive, launched in the morning.