Woman Given Shots of Both Covishield and Covaxin Within 5-minute Interval

Patna: An elderly woman from Awadhpur village in Beldarichal area of Punpun town in the outskirts of Patna has been administered two different coronavirus vaccines within a gap of five minutes on Wednesday.  She first received the Covishield vaccine in the first dose and the second dose was of the Covaxin vaccine.

The 65-year-old woman, identified as Sunila Devi, developed fever after receiving the vaccine doses. Despite this serious lapse by the health department no doctor or nurse has visited the woman to check her health. She was assured by the health department that a medical team would visit her and monitor her health condition for 24 hours.

The family members of the woman have taken it upon themselves to take care of her by giving her glucose when she complained of dehydration. The wait of the family members for medical supervisors continues.

The Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) who was posted at Sunila Devi’s locality has admitted it as a “mistake”.