Hyderabad: Action against city doctors for using banned polio vaccine

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Hyderabad: Recent revelations have brought to light the use of a banned anti-polio vaccine within medical institutions in the state. Seven doctors were caught administering the vaccine and have been booked by the authorities and served notice.
In this connection the district health department has sought an explanation from the named doctors within 15 days under a notice it served against these doctors.
The move came after a survey was conducted for detection of polio virus if any, the results came as positive for the virus presence in the environment, where it was found twice at Amberpet and once at Nagole sewage treatment plant.
As per the Deccan Cronicle sources, banned TPOV, an anti-polio vaccine was supplied across the state by three medical stores including Shifa Medical Hall at Kachiguda railway station, Anvesh Medical Store at Amberpet and Gandhi Medical Stores near the Gandhi Medical.
In this connection the district health department has sought an explanation from the named doctors within 15 days under a notice it served against these doctors.
The move came after a survey was conducted for detection of polio virus if any, the results came as positive for the virus presence in the environment, where it was found twice at Amberpet and once at Nagole sewage treatment plant.
As per the Deccan Cronicle sources, banned TPOV, an anti-polio vaccine was supplied across the state by three medical stores including Shifa Medical Hall at Kachiguda railway station, Anvesh Medical Store at Amberpet and Gandhi Medical Stores near the Gandhi Medical.
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