30 students vaccinated with one syringe under observation but safe: Minister
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Bhopal: Vishvas Sarang, the Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Minister informed that all the students who were given a covid jab using a syringe are safe but will remain under observation for 28 days to monitor their health.
Talking to media persons, the Minister said, "No sign of any infectious diseases has been noticed from samples collected from the students, however, all of them will be kept under observation for 28 days so that their health could be monitored."
On the violation of the "one needle-one syringe-only one-time" protocol, he said, "Definitely it was a major lapse and that's why an FIR has been lodged against the person who was guilty."
On Wednesday, more than 30 students of Jain Public School in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district were given a jab of Covid-19 using a syringe, completely violating the "one needle-one syringe-only one-time" protocol.
When the vaccination was underway, the father of a student noticed that the nursing student was not changing the syringe and raised an alarm.
The nursing student defended himself stating that he has one syringe to vaccinate all students.
"I did what I was asked to do. The person who delivered the materials (vaccines and other kits) gave a single syringe," said the nursing student.
An inquiry was initiated against Dr Rakesh Roshan, the District Immunisation Officer who was in charge of sending the vaccination team.
With inputs from IANS