Upazila chairman in Rajshahi gets vaccinated at home, health worker show-caused
Department General of Health Services served show-cause notice to a health worker in Rajshahi's Tanore upazila in connection with giving the local chairman Covid-19 jab at his home.
Md Nisan, an employee of Tanore Upazila Health Complex, went to the government residence of Lutfar Haider Rashid, chairman of Tanore, and allegedly administered second vaccine dose to him, reports our Rajshahi staff correspondent.
Last night, a photo of Lutfar being jabbed went viral on social media. The Daily Star tried to reach him about the incident but he did not respond.
Nisan does not have the training to administer vaccines; his job is to deliver doses from the storage facility to vaccination centres, said Dr Quayum Talukdar, Rajshahi's civil surgeon.
"Nisan has to explain his action within the next three days. He cannot legally administer vaccine doses," said the civil surgeon.
"We do not have the jurisdiction to question the chairman's action, that's why we only show-caused Nisan," he added.
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