Lucknow: The neighborhood well being centre (CHC) Superintendent, Ramnagar, Dr. Rajiv Dixit has been faraway from his submit for allegedly violating Covid vaccine administration guidelines in a bid to attain vaccination targets.
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Barabanki district, Dr. B.Ok.S. Chauhan eliminated the Superintendent and connected him to the district T.B. hospital in Barabanki.
The probe has been handed over to the Additional Chief Medical Officer (ACMO).
According to experiences, Dixit was not in a position to obtain the vaccination goal so he despatched a group of auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) and a vaccination drive was held at a main faculty within the Saidanpur village on March 17 the place over 22 folks have been vaccinated.
Meanwhile, dozens of aged folks have been additionally vaccinated on the home of a village head candidate within the Amarpur village Panchayat.
Both the incidents are in extreme violation of chilly chain guidelines mandated by the federal government over the Covid vaccine administration.
Since Ramnagar has a CHC, inoculations needed to be finished on the well being centre solely.
However, on the behest of the superintendent, the well being staff went to the village with the vaccines in a field, used to hold polio drops.
CMO of Barabanki district, Dr. B.Ok.S. Chauhan, mentioned. “There has been extreme carelessness regarding the Covid vaccine protocol. Dr. Rajiv Dixit has been removed from Ramnagar for sending a team for village-to-village vaccination. The investigation of this entire case has been submitted to the ACMO,” he mentioned.
Dr. Rajiv Dixit has a historical past of controversies. He was faraway from Suratganj CHC after an audio of him abusing and threatening a well being employee on the cellphone went viral. A case was additionally filed towards him.
Many ASHA and ANM staff have additionally accused him of extortion.