<p>Dr M K Pushpita, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/free-covid-19-vaccine-sold-for-rs-500-outside-phc-doctor-aide-caught-988202.html" target="_blank">arrested on Thursday for illegally vaccinating people</a>, is found to have injected 30 to 40 people a day. </p>.<p>Annapoorneshwari police inspector B N Lohit arrested Dr Pushpita, 25, and her aide Prema, 34, from the latter’s house in ITI Layout, where the two women have been vaccinating people against the regulations. </p>.<p>Police said they seized two unused Covishield jabs and found three used vials. </p>.<p>Dr Pushpita and Prema also maintained a register with details of people who had taken the vaccination from them and the amount they paid. </p>.<p>While they charged Rs 500 from each customer, the amount varied in the case of a few customers. They charged some of them a few thousands. </p>.<p>Prema took a cut of Rs 100 for each Rs 500 they received, while Dr Pushpita pocketed the rest. </p>.<p>Daughter of a BBMP assistant executive engineer, Dr Pushpita was posted to the Manjunath Nagar PHC six months ago. </p>.<p>She pocked the Covishield jabs supplied to the PHC, stored them in a frozen carrier made of thermocol and kept it at Prema's house. </p>.<p>BBMP officials who visited Prema's house told police that Dr Pushpita had loaded the syringe with the vaccine and administered it to patients only after a while, which would not be effective. In some cases, she had injected patients two hours after loading the syringe, police said. </p>.<p>Police are investigating to find out precisely how many have been vaccinated by Dr Pushpita since April 23. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Suspended </strong></p>.<p>The BBMP on Friday suspended Dr Pushpita, citing the serious accusation against her. </p>.<p>According to the BBMP, Dr Pushpita was hired on contract under the National Health Mission programme. She has been relieved of all duties with immediate effect. </p>
<p>Dr M K Pushpita, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/free-covid-19-vaccine-sold-for-rs-500-outside-phc-doctor-aide-caught-988202.html" target="_blank">arrested on Thursday for illegally vaccinating people</a>, is found to have injected 30 to 40 people a day. </p>.<p>Annapoorneshwari police inspector B N Lohit arrested Dr Pushpita, 25, and her aide Prema, 34, from the latter’s house in ITI Layout, where the two women have been vaccinating people against the regulations. </p>.<p>Police said they seized two unused Covishield jabs and found three used vials. </p>.<p>Dr Pushpita and Prema also maintained a register with details of people who had taken the vaccination from them and the amount they paid. </p>.<p>While they charged Rs 500 from each customer, the amount varied in the case of a few customers. They charged some of them a few thousands. </p>.<p>Prema took a cut of Rs 100 for each Rs 500 they received, while Dr Pushpita pocketed the rest. </p>.<p>Daughter of a BBMP assistant executive engineer, Dr Pushpita was posted to the Manjunath Nagar PHC six months ago. </p>.<p>She pocked the Covishield jabs supplied to the PHC, stored them in a frozen carrier made of thermocol and kept it at Prema's house. </p>.<p>BBMP officials who visited Prema's house told police that Dr Pushpita had loaded the syringe with the vaccine and administered it to patients only after a while, which would not be effective. In some cases, she had injected patients two hours after loading the syringe, police said. </p>.<p>Police are investigating to find out precisely how many have been vaccinated by Dr Pushpita since April 23. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Suspended </strong></p>.<p>The BBMP on Friday suspended Dr Pushpita, citing the serious accusation against her. </p>.<p>According to the BBMP, Dr Pushpita was hired on contract under the National Health Mission programme. She has been relieved of all duties with immediate effect. </p>
