Negligence in administering COVID vaccine: Health worker suspended, medical officer transferred
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Sandeep Chaudhary has admitted departmental negligence on their part and suspended Auxiliary Nursing Midwife (ANM) Kalavati in this regard.
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Lucknow: A female health worker was suspended and a medical officer got transferred, two weeks after 20 villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Siddharthnagar district were administered Covaxin after receiving Covishield in the first dose.
The incident took place on May 14 at the primary health centre in Barhni where people from Audahi Kala and another village received Covaxin shots. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Sandeep Chaudhary has admitted departmental negligence on their part and suspended Auxiliary Nursing Midwife (ANM) Kalavati in this regard.
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