Asst Commissioner Drinks Sanitizer Instead Of Water Published by GulteDesk February 04, 2021
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Assistant Commissioner Ramesh Pawar confused sanitizer with water and drank a sip of it. The incident took place while he was presenting the education budget in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Such bizarre and shocking incidents have taken place earlier too ever since people started using sanitizers in high numbers. Quite a handful of cases have been reported in the last few months from Arizona, Russia and even in India. Swallowing alcohol-based hand sanitiser products containing methanol can cause life-threatening methanol poisoning, In fact, drinking any form of sanitiser is dangerous.
Maharashtra horror: 12 kids given hand sanitiser instead of polio drops, hospitalised
The incident took place at Bhanbora PHC (Primary Health Centre), where children aged 1-5 years had gathered for the polio vaccination programme. 12 children, who were given hand sanitizers instead of oral drops, under treatment. (Image: IANS)
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Updated: Feb 2, 2021, 09:53 AM IST
In a case of gross negligence, at least 12 kids were administered hand sanitiser instead of the oral polio vaccine drops at a Primary Health Centre in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, officials said on Monday.
The incident took place on Sunday at Bhanbora PHC (Primary Health Centre) in Kapsikopri village, when over 2,000 small children aged 1-5 years had gathered along with their parents for the polio vaccination programme under the national immunization drive.