Children who were administered sanitiser instead of polio drops in Yavatmal are now stable ANI | Updated: Feb 02, 2021 23:55 IST
Yavatmal (Maharashtra) [India], February 2 (ANI): The 12 children, aged between one and five, who were administered sanitiser instead of polio drops in Maharashtra s Yavatmal on Monday are absolutely fine, and their health condition is stable, said Medical Superintendent of the Government Medical Hospital and College (GMHC) Surendra Bhuyar on Tuesday. They will probably be discharged by tomorrow morning, he added.
Purushottam, father of one of the children said, My wife took our child for Polio drops. After they came back, an ASHA worker and Anganwadi worker called them again for drops.
Yavatmal sanitiser incident unforgivable mistake , says Maharashtra health minister ANI | Updated: Feb 03, 2021 03:16 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 3 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday condemned the unforgivable mistake in which 12 children, aged between one and five, were administered hand sanitiser instead of oral polio vaccine drops in Yavatmal. It is an unforgivable mistake to give sanitiser to children in place of polio drops. Action has been taken against the concerned Anganwadi worker, Tope said.
The incident took place on January 31 at a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kapsikopri village during the National Pulse Polio drive where the children were given sanitiser drops instead of polio drops after which one child started vomiting. The children were administered polio drops and were admitted to a government hospital on Monday, informed Yavatmal Zilla Parishad Chief Executive Officer Shrikris