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They gave the Covid vaccine to two four-month-old babies

Moments of tension lived two families and the personnel of the Ministry of Public Health after two four-month-old babies received by mistake the vaccine against him coronavirus instead of the second doses of 13-valent pneumococcus, five-fold pentavalent, and rotavirus.

The incident occurred on Monday morning in the town of Capioví – 120 kilometers from Posadas – and the two girls were hospitalized until Thursday afternoon.

The error was warned by the vaccinator herself two hours after inoculation. The parents were only told that they had received a higher dose than indicated and not that they had the wrong bottle and that the immunization they gave him was to prevent the virus that has been keeping the world in suspense for almost two years.

At least one parent made a complaint before the Police to investigate whether the nurse incurred mala practice. The Ministry of Public Health confirmed that there are two babies who received the Covid vaccine and initiated an administrative summary to determine responsibilities and how the error occurred.

Ángelo Pensotti, Luzmila’s father, said that on Monday morning his wife attended the Capioví Hospital vaccination so that her youngest daughter could complete the vaccination schedule.

Capioví Hospital, where the two babies were vaccinated against the coronavirus


A nurse was in charge of the immunization and everything went smoothly, but two hours later, staff from the same care center arrived at the girl’s house to warn them that they had made a mistake and that the baby had to be taken to the hospital for a check-up.

Pensotti and his wife decided to take their daughter to a clinic in the city of Puerto Rico, where Luzmila’s pediatrician attends, still not knowing that the nurse had given their daughter a vaccine that it is not approved for boys of that age.

A hierarchical official of the Ministry of Public Health came to the clinic and warned its managers that the girl She had to be referred urgently to the Pediatric Hospital of Posadas to carry out various studies and a preventive hospitalization.

The man said that just on Wednesday a social worker told him that Luzmila had received a dose of Pfizer against the coronavirus instead of the vaccines corresponding to their age. That inoculation made Monday night have a severe feverish picture. In Argentina, the American vaccine is only authorized for people over 12 years of age.

“They would have admitted the mistake at first and not how it happened,” Pensotti said, very annoyed. The man said that the nurse made the same mistake with another baby of the same age and that the little girl did not suffer major complications either.

Posadas. Correspondent

AS

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