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Tuesday 02 February, 2021 | 10:07 AM
YAVATMAL (MAHARASHTRA): Twelve children under five years of age were admitted to a hospital after they were administered sanitizer drops instead of polio vaccine in Maharashtra s Yavatmal on Monday, informed Yavatmal council chief executive officer Shrikrishna Panchal.
The official stated that the children are now doing fine and three officials including a health worker, doctor, and ASHA worker will be suspended in connection with the incident. Twelve children, under five years of age, were given hand sanitiser drops instead of polio vaccine in Yavatmal. They were admitted to the hospital and are doing fine now. A health worker, doctor, and an ASHA worker will be suspended. An investigation is underway, Shrikrishna Panchal told ANI on Monday.
Children who were administered sanitiser instead of polio drops in Yavatmal are now stable ANI | Updated: Feb 02, 2021 23:55 IST
Yavatmal (Maharashtra) [India], February 2 (ANI): The 12 children, aged between one and five, who were administered sanitiser instead of polio drops in Maharashtra s Yavatmal on Monday are absolutely fine, and their health condition is stable, said Medical Superintendent of the Government Medical Hospital and College (GMHC) Surendra Bhuyar on Tuesday. They will probably be discharged by tomorrow morning, he added.
Purushottam, father of one of the children said, My wife took our child for Polio drops. After they came back, an ASHA worker and Anganwadi worker called them again for drops.