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10-month-old given sanitiser-mixed water to drink at health centre in Tripura
PTI
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Representative Image. Credit: Getty Images
Representative Image. Credit: Getty Images

A ten-month-old baby in Tripura's Unakoti district was allegedly given water mixed with sanitiser to drink at a health centre where he was taken for administering a polio vaccine, police said on Wednesday.

A police complaint was registered against the ASHA (accredited social health activist) worker for giving the baby sanitiser-mixed water, officer-in-charge of Kumarghat police station Pradyot Datta said.

After the baby was administered a polio vaccine at the health centre in Sonamura village on Tuesday, his mother asked the ASHA worker to give drinking water, police said.

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After drinking the water the baby got unwell and was taken to a hospital.

Datta said that as per the preliminary investigation it was found to be a mistake.

Health officials said the baby was undergoing treatment and his condition is stable.

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(Published 12 August 2020, 23:42 IST)