Bhiwandi children develop complications after injections

Eighteen children who were being treated for fever at IGM Government Hospital in Bhiwandi town last night, developed complications, hospital sources said here today.
The leader of the house in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BMNC) Khalid Guddu expressed total displeasure about the manner in which the hospital is being managed and told reporters today that he had demanded an enquiry into its affairs.
Last night, children from the town aged between four and 12 were admitted to the hospital to be treated for common ailments like fever, cold and flu.
At about 8 pm, the nurse on duty gave them injections, after which all the 18 children developed rashes, vomitting and other complications.

Their parents panicked and called senior doctors who gave emergency treatment to the children.
Doctors said that two of the children who developed further complications were shifted to a private hospital where they are being treated.

The doctor on duty at the hospital told PTI that children were injected with antibiotics which resulted in complications.
He said that the children were out of danger, adding that injection samples administered to the children would be sent for analysis.
Stating that the hospital was presently in the hands of the Maharashtra state health department, Guddu alleged that patients do not get proper treatment in the hospital.

He alleged that on several occasions, medicines too are not available at the hospital and sometimes, doctors even demand money for treatment, due to which he has demanded an enquiry into the administration of the hospital.