Thane: Man Administered Anti-Rabies Shot Instead of COVID-19 Vaccine; Doctor, Nurse Suspended in Kalwa Area
A man was administered an anti-rabies medicine instead of COVID-19 vaccine at a medical centre in Maharashtra's Thane district, following which a doctor and a nurse of the facility were suspended, a civic official said.
Thane, Sep 29: A man was administered an anti-rabies medicine instead of COVID-19 vaccine at a medical centre in Maharashtra's Thane district, following which a doctor and a nurse of the facility were suspended, a civic official said.
Local resident Rajkumar Yadav went to the civic-run medical centre in Kalwa area here on Monday to get a jab against the coronavirus infection.
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He stood in a wrong queue and after being vaccinated, he was informed that he was administered the vaccine against rabies, a spokesperson of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) told reporters on Tuesday. Thane: Doctor and a Nurse Suspended For Administering 'Anti-Rabies' Dose, Instead of COVID-19 Vaccine.
The man panicked, but he is fine and has no complications, the official said.
He later complained to authorities and based on a preliminary enquiry, a woman doctor, who was in-charge of the medical centre, and a nurse were placed under suspension for the goof-up, the official said.
The medical centre, located in a slum colony of Kalwa, provides vaccination against various diseases to people in the area.
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