Woman claims she was given 2 doses together

COVID VAX BLUES

Woman claims she was given 2 doses together

Kozhikode:03.06.2021

A 46-year-old woman has complained that she was administered two doses of Covishield vaccine, one after the other, during her vaccination at Kadameri community health centre here on Tuesday.

Rajula, hailing from Karakandi near Teekuni, has been admitted to the Kozhikode medical college hospital after she fainted on returning home and experiencing weakness in her limbs.

Local health centre authorities, however, said that the woman was not administered two doses of the vaccine. They said that the first attempt to administer the vaccination was aborted after insertion of the needle due to blood return and the vaccination was provided in the second attempt. District RCH officer T Mohandas said that a report has been sought from the doctor concerned on the incident.

Rajula’s husband Nizar said that he, along with his wife, had gone to the CHC for the first dose of Covishield vaccine and after administering the first jab, the nurse gave another injection to Rajula. “When I was given the single dose of injection, I told the nurse that my wife, who was administered the vaccine just ahead of my turn, was given two shots,” he said.

Nizar said that Rajula fainted around 7pm and was taken to a hospital in Vadakara and later shifted to Kozhikode medical college. Nizar has filed a complaint with the district collector and district medical officer. TNN