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<\/div>\nThe parents have decided not to file a police complaint in this regard. (Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The Kerala government on Sunday decided to terminate the service of a nurse working on contract basis at a taluk hospital in Angamally near Ernakulam for allegedly wrongly administering a rabies vaccine to a feverish child.<\/p>\n
The incident took place on August 11 when the seven-year-old child was sitting in front of the laboratory awaiting a blood test.<\/p>\n
The state Health Department, which had ordered a probe, decided today to terminate the services of the nurse who was working on contract at the hospital.<\/p>\n
Police said the child was waiting alone in front of the laboratory while the parents went to complete some procedural formalities including paying the bills.<\/p>\n
“It seems like the nurse mistook her for another child waiting for an anti-rabies vaccine and gave her the jab,” police said.<\/p>\n
However, the parents have decided not to file a police complaint in this regard.<\/p>\n
“We took the statement of the parents. They have consulted the doctors and since there were no side effects from receiving the rabies vaccine, they have decided not to file a complaint,” police said.<\/p>\n
The child was kept under observation and her health is now stable, police added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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