30 college kids vaccinated with only one syringe in Madhya Pradesh, probe ordered

By Express News Service

BHOPAL: A chilling case of negligence in Covid-19 vaccination of faculty kids occurred in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.

In flagrant violation of the established ‘one needle-one syringe-only one-time’ protocol, advisories and pledges by the central authorities, nationwide and worldwide businesses, at the least 30 college kids had been administered Covid-19 vaccine doses with only a single syringe at a reputed college in Sagar metropolis, a kilometre from the state capital Bhopal.

The shocker occurred on the Jain Public Higher Secondary School by male vaccinator Jitendra Rai.

Immediately, Dinesh Namdev, one of many dad and mom accompanying their kids for vaccination, noticed the anomaly and blew the whistle. “My daughter is a Class 9 student and was among those vaccinated on Wednesday. I enquired from the man vaccinating the kids, as to how many syringes were being used by him to vaccinate the children. His reply was shocking, as he informed that, at least 40 children had been vaccinated with just one syringe. I immediately reported the matter to the school administration,” he mentioned.

“Who will be held responsible, if our kids develop any health complications out of this blatant single syringe usage? Will it be the school or the health department, who will take the responsibility if anything adverse happens with our kids,” he questioned.

With the information of the surprising negligence spreading like wildfire, the officiating Sagar district collector Kshitij Singhal rushed the district’s chief medical and well being officer [CMHO] Dr DK Goswami to the involved college.

Before the CMHO might attain the spot, the scribes quizzed Jitendra on digital camera, who admitted vaccinating at the least 30 kids with one syringe. “I vaccinated 30 children with one syringe, as just one syringe was given to me and I was asked by the department staff to vaccinate all kids with just one syringe. I knew that one syringe shouldn’t be used, but since I was told to do so, I did,” he mentioned. He additionally couldn’t recollect who from the well being division had despatched him and dropped him on the college for the Covid vaccination drive.

During the first on-the-spot inspection and probe by the CMHO, Jitendra was discovered lacking from the college premises and his telephone was additionally switched off. “While an FIR has been registered by the health department against Jitendra at the Gopalganj police station, a departmental probe against the district vaccination officer Dr Rakesh Roshan has been recommended to the Sagar divisional commissioner,” an official assertion from the Sagar district administration acknowledged.

Meanwhile, the opposition Congress’s state spokesperson Abbas Hafeez demanded the state well being minister Dr Prabhuram Chowdhary’s resignation over the flagrant negligence in the course of the vaccination of youngsters on the college. “What has happened at the school in Sagar, exposes that the state’s health apparatus is flouting all safety norms and protocols in the name of achieving targets under the Covid vaccination mega campaign to score points nationally. Just to stay ahead in national Covid vaccination statistics, the state health apparatus is treating our kids as guinea-pigs. This blatant anomaly has been spotted by one parent at the school today, but this has triggered an apprehension about similar negligence having happened elsewhere with our generation next in the state in the past,” Hafeez alleged.

It is to be recalled that a month earlier than the Covid-19 vaccination truly began in India, in January 2021, the union ministry for well being and household welfare had reportedly pledged strict utilization of the “One needle, one syringe, only one-time” protocol in COVID vaccination throughout the nation. 

BHOPAL: A chilling case of negligence in Covid-19 vaccination of faculty kids occurred in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.

In flagrant violation of the established ‘one needle-one syringe-only one-time’ protocol, advisories and pledges by the central authorities, nationwide and worldwide businesses, at the least 30 college kids had been administered Covid-19 vaccine doses with only a single syringe at a reputed college in Sagar metropolis, a kilometre from the state capital Bhopal.

The shocker occurred on the Jain Public Higher Secondary School by male vaccinator Jitendra Rai.

Immediately, Dinesh Namdev, one of many dad and mom accompanying their kids for vaccination, noticed the anomaly and blew the whistle. “My daughter is a Class 9 student and was among those vaccinated on Wednesday. I enquired from the man vaccinating the kids, as to how many syringes were being used by him to vaccinate the children. His reply was shocking, as he informed that, at least 40 children had been vaccinated with just one syringe. I immediately reported the matter to the school administration,” he mentioned.

“Who will be held responsible, if our kids develop any health complications out of this blatant single syringe usage? Will it be the school or the health department, who will take the responsibility if anything adverse happens with our kids,” he questioned.

With the information of the surprising negligence spreading like wildfire, the officiating Sagar district collector Kshitij Singhal rushed the district’s chief medical and well being officer [CMHO] Dr DK Goswami to the involved college.

Before the CMHO might attain the spot, the scribes quizzed Jitendra on digital camera, who admitted vaccinating at the least 30 kids with one syringe. “I vaccinated 30 children with one syringe, as just one syringe was given to me and I was asked by the department staff to vaccinate all kids with just one syringe. I knew that one syringe shouldn’t be used, but since I was told to do so, I did,” he mentioned. He additionally couldn’t recollect who from the well being division had despatched him and dropped him on the college for the Covid vaccination drive.

During the first on-the-spot inspection and probe by the CMHO, Jitendra was discovered lacking from the college premises and his telephone was additionally switched off. “While an FIR has been registered by the health department against Jitendra at the Gopalganj police station, a departmental probe against the district vaccination officer Dr Rakesh Roshan has been recommended to the Sagar divisional commissioner,” an official assertion from the Sagar district administration acknowledged.

Meanwhile, the opposition Congress’s state spokesperson Abbas Hafeez demanded the state well being minister Dr Prabhuram Chowdhary’s resignation over the flagrant negligence in the course of the vaccination of youngsters on the college. “What has happened at the school in Sagar, exposes that the state’s health apparatus is flouting all safety norms and protocols in the name of achieving targets under the Covid vaccination mega campaign to score points nationally. Just to stay ahead in national Covid vaccination statistics, the state health apparatus is treating our kids as guinea-pigs. This blatant anomaly has been spotted by one parent at the school today, but this has triggered an apprehension about similar negligence having happened elsewhere with our generation next in the state in the past,” Hafeez alleged.

It is to be recalled that a month earlier than the Covid-19 vaccination truly began in India, in January 2021, the union ministry for well being and household welfare had reportedly pledged strict utilization of the “One needle, one syringe, only one-time” protocol in COVID vaccination throughout the nation.