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Two New Vaccines to be introduced in National Immunization Program

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In a CME organised by the Department of Pediatrics of Hind Hospital, Safedabad, Barabanki there was discussion held on the New Vaccines that are to be introduced in the National Immunization Program.

Program was inaugurated by Dr. R. Ahuja who said that Vaccination is the fundamental right of all children. Dr. Rajeev Singh, DIO (Barabanki), told that Government of India will soon launch Pentavalent Vaccine which will replace DPT Vaccine. In this vaccine children will get protection from “Diphtheria, Pertusis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B and H. Influenza B” in one shot.

This vaccine will be given at 6, 10 and 14 weeks. Advantage is that now babies will get only 3 vaccines instead of 6 and they will get protection from one more disease. Another Vaccine which will be also launched by the end of this year is IPV, injectable vaccine against Polio, which will be given with the third dose of oral polio vaccine (OPV). Both these vaccines will be given only to children below one year of age.

Dr. Vandana Singh, SMO (Barabanki) who is associated with the WHO, said that though India is declared to have eradicated Polio but we still need to be vigilant because our neighbouring countries Pakistan and Afghanistan are still reporting Polio cases. So all doctors will have to continue AFP reporting which means “sudden onset of weakness and floppiness in any part of the body in a child < 15 years of age” should be immediately reported to the SMO or DIO.

Reporting of suspected cases of Measles is necessary for decreasing the deaths caused by Measles and also will help in its eradication. Any person with fever and maculopapular rash and cough, coryza (i.e. runny nose) or conjunctivitis (i.e. red eyes),or any person in whom doctor suspects Measles should be reported to SMO or DIO. These patients should also receive two doses of Vitamin A.

Dr. Utkarsh Bansal concluded the event saying that vaccination and timely reporting of communicable diseases are the most effective weapons to eradicate them.

CME was attended by Chairperson Dr. Richa Mishra, Dr. A.K. Sachan, Director Dr. O.P. Singh, Principal Dr. M.D. Tripathi, CMS Dr. G.K. Tripathi, Add. CMO (Barabanki) Dr. K.N. Tripathi, Dr. V.K. Srivastava, Dr. A.K. Vaish, Dr. A.D. Dwivedi, Dr. Neha Thakur, Dr. Narendra Rai, Dr. Rohit Agarwal, Dr. Arvind, Dr. Abhishek, Interns Manila, Kritika, Pervez, Madhuri and about 100 doctors.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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