Raigad: 3 primary health staffers suspended for wrong administration of Measles-Rubella vaccine to children

Three employees of a primary health clinic in Maharashtra's Raigad district had been suspended for allegedly incorrectly administering the Measles-Rubella vaccine to children, an official said.

Raigad zilla parishad has suspended two health assistants and a health sevak of Jite primary health centre who allegedly administered the vaccine to five children who were not eligible for the same, the official said.

The children subsequently sustained wounds on their body, he said. The matter was investigated and the three staffers have been placed under suspension, the official said. Meanwhile, the health department has also initiated a probe against a medical officer, whose alleged absence from the primary health centre led to the death of a 12-year-old snakebite victim, he added.