By Express News Service
BHOPAL: The district immunisation officer of Sagar in Madhya Pradesh has been suspended for dereliction of duty after over three dozen students were administered the Covid vaccine with a single syringe at a school on Wednesday.
A criminal case has been registered against the vaccinator, who is said to be a nursing student engaged by the health department to vaccinate the children.
Sagar Divisional Commissioner Mukesh Shukla ordered the suspension of Dr Shobharam Roshan. The vaccinator, Jitendra Ahirwar, has been booked at the Gopalganj police station.
As per sources, Ahirwar is a student of a college that is possibly part of a Sagar-based private university, whose name had recently cropped up over alleged interstate fake marksheet /degree racket busted by Hyderabad Police.
It remains to be seen what action is taken against other health department staffers, who had deputed Ahirwar for vaccinating the students of Jain Public Higher Secondary School, and the school management, which failed to take notice of the negligent act.
Sagar district chief medical and health officer Dr DK Goswami said the district immunisation officer had been using private individuals in the mega vaccination campaign.
“More heads may roll as accountability is fixed,” Goswami said.
Meanwhile, the blood reports of 19 of the vaccinated children haven’t shown any infection. Reports of others are awaited.
BHOPAL: The district immunisation officer of Sagar in Madhya Pradesh has been suspended for dereliction of duty after over three dozen students were administered the Covid vaccine with a single syringe at a school on Wednesday.
A criminal case has been registered against the vaccinator, who is said to be a nursing student engaged by the health department to vaccinate the children.
Sagar Divisional Commissioner Mukesh Shukla ordered the suspension of Dr Shobharam Roshan. The vaccinator, Jitendra Ahirwar, has been booked at the Gopalganj police station.
As per sources, Ahirwar is a student of a college that is possibly part of a Sagar-based private university, whose name had recently cropped up over alleged interstate fake marksheet /degree racket busted by Hyderabad Police.
It remains to be seen what action is taken against other health department staffers, who had deputed Ahirwar for vaccinating the students of Jain Public Higher Secondary School, and the school management, which failed to take notice of the negligent act.
Sagar district chief medical and health officer Dr DK Goswami said the district immunisation officer had been using private individuals in the mega vaccination campaign.
“More heads may roll as accountability is fixed,” Goswami said.
Meanwhile, the blood reports of 19 of the vaccinated children haven’t shown any infection. Reports of others are awaited.
