An assistant nurse midwife (ANM) and an officer in command of vaccination at a neighborhood well being middle in Aligarh have been booked for allegedly losing Kovid’s vaccine.
It is alleged that the ANM, recognized as Niha Khan, disposed of at the very least 29 syringes full of COVID vaccine with out administering it to the beneficiaries.
An FIR was registered after the district well being authorities got here to know in regards to the alleged incident and a two-member inquiry committee was constituted to probe the matter.
The committee discovered that Niha Khan was responsible of wastage of vaccine and “misconduct and indiscipline”. Meanwhile, vaccination in-charge Arfeen Zahra was additionally booked as she allegedly failed to tell the authorities despite the fact that she allegedly got here to know in regards to the incident.
According to sources, the alleged incident occurred between May 22 and May 24, when Niha Khan was given a present trigger discover. Vaccination info was additionally uploaded on the portal with out giving dosage.
Chief Medical Officer BPS Kalyani mentioned: “There is a possibility that some people may not have actually received the vaccine. I have constituted an inquiry committee by two ACMO level officers and asked them to submit a report at the earliest.”
Noting that Khan was discovered responsible of vaccine extermination, the investigative report said that he didn’t operate correctly throughout the epidemic and that’s the reason the District Health Committee sought to terminate his companies and file an FIR towards him. Has determined.
It added that in his clarification, Zehra said that at 4.30 pm on the day of the incident, he was knowledgeable by a pharmacist that Khan was losing the vaccine and throwing it within the trash, however he was fast to tell the authorities involved. Failed and he regretted it. relation.
“We have received 29 full doses of the vaccine in the dustbin. Investigations are going on and things will be clear soon, ”mentioned Circle Officer Vishal Chaudhary.
The FIR was registered below IPC sections 203 (giving false info), 176 (intentional omitting info), 465 (forgery), 427 (mischief) amongst others.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
