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Unauthorised persons vaccinated : Covid-19 vaccine scam at three hospitals in Lahore
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Under the laid down policy, the vaccines were to be given to the registered health professionals only. (Representational Photo | AP) By ANI
LAHORE: Three state-run hospitals in Pakistan s Lahore are reportedly in the midst of COVID-19 scams after it was alleged that they administered vaccine to unauthorised persons or wasted several vials, causing embarrassment for the provincial government.
COVID-19 vaccine scam at three hospitals in Lahore ANI | Updated: Apr 02, 2021 13:24 IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 2 (ANI): Three state-run hospitals in Pakistan s Lahore are reportedly in the midst of COVID-19 scams after it was alleged that they administered vaccine to unauthorised persons or wasted several vials, causing embarrassment for the provincial government.
According to initial information obtained by Dawn so far, nearly 1,400 doses of the Chinese vaccine have either been authorised to unauthorised persons or have gone missing. Such complaints have surfaced at Services, Jinnah and Mozang hospitals in Lahore.
Under the laid down policy, the vaccines were to be given to the registered health professionals only.
Covid-19 vaccine ‘scams’ brew at three state-run hospitals in the provincial capital as they allegedly ‘administered vaccine to unauthorised persons or wasted many vials. Reuters/File
LAHORE: Covid-19 vaccine ‘scams’ brew at three state-run hospitals in the provincial capital as they allegedly ‘administered vaccine to unauthorised persons or wasted many vials’, causing embarrassment for the provincial government.
So far, such complaints have surfaced at Services, Jinnah and Mozang hospitals.
According to the initial information so far, nearly 1,400 doses of the vaccine donated by China have either been administered to the ‘unauthorised persons’ or gone ‘missing’.
These vaccines were provided to the hospitals by the federal government for the health professionals only.