A dreadful incident took place right after the Polio National Immunization Day i.e on 31st of January which was launched by President R. N. Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan. 12 kids were given drops of hand sanitizer instead of polio vaccine drops due to utter negligence by the health care authorises of Primary Health Centre.
The incident took place in Ghatanji's Kapsi-Kopari village in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district about 700 km from state capital Mumbai.
According to the available information, over 2,000 children, ageing 1-5 years, had gathered along with their parents for the polio vaccination programme under the national immunization drive 2021.
As stated by reports, some of the children were given oral drops of sanitizer instead of the polio drops after which many complained of nausea, cramps and started vomiting, creating panic among the parents and health officials there.
All the children were admitted immediately to the Paediatric ward of Vasantrao Naik Gover...
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