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This story is from July 26, 2021
TN nurse suspended for unauthorised possession of Covid vaccine
TRICHY: An urban health nurse in Karur district of Tamil Nadu has been placed under suspension for taking Covid -19 vaccine to her home and vaccinating people in her neighbourhood for money.
A block medical officer in Vedasandur came to know that she had been vaccinating people at her home. During searches at her home on Sunday, the official found eight vials of Covaxin.
The BMO informed public health staff in Karur. An inquiry was initiated against her. Karur municipality commissioner
Karur district deputy director of health services (
“A report will be submitted by the team after collecting details like the number of people vaccinated by the maternity assistant,” he said.
Dindigul
district was working as amaternity assistant
inKasthuri Bhai Urban Primary Health Centre
in Karur district.A block medical officer in Vedasandur came to know that she had been vaccinating people at her home. During searches at her home on Sunday, the official found eight vials of Covaxin.
The BMO informed public health staff in Karur. An inquiry was initiated against her. Karur municipality commissioner
Ramamurthy
suspended her.Karur district deputy director of health services (
DDHS
) S Santhosh told TOI that a joint team of heath staff from Karur and Dindigul was carrying out field inspections in Vedasandur area.“A report will be submitted by the team after collecting details like the number of people vaccinated by the maternity assistant,” he said.
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