Human Rights Commission directs Rs 20 lakh compensation for administration of expired hepatitis B vaccine
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Human Rights Commission orders Rs 20 lakh payout for administration of expired hepatitis B vaccine
The Telangana Human Rights Commission (THRC) recently directed the State Government to pay Rs 1.25 lakh compensation to each of the sixteen individuals who were administered expired hepatitis B vaccines at Gandhi Hospital back in 2014.
After perusing the report submitted by the hospital, the State Human Rights Commission held the hospital and its staff responsible for medical negligence. THRC called the incident "a grave medical lapse with potentially long-term health consequences" and underlined that medical institutions must "exercise highest degree of caution while dealing with drug administration."
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