Through social networks, a new case of a person over 80 years old was injected with an empty syringe in the middle of the National Vaccination Plan against covid-19.
This time it happened in Villavicencio and again the event was recorded on video. The images show how Emiliano Parrado, an 83-year-old adult, is initially injected with an empty syringe.
According to relatives denounced, after a granddaughter evidenced the fact, they proceeded to apply a syringe already with content. The events were presented at the Mi IPS Corporation, which is part of the Medimás network.
ATTENTION: There is a new case of a person over 80 years of age who receives an empty injection as a vaccine. It happened in Villavicencio. According to the family, after the claim they applied the royal vaccine. There are already three cases in three cities. Serious investigations are expected. pic.twitter.com/cQhgOOQKmA
– EL TIEMPO Health Unit (@SaludET) March 15, 2021
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In this second video you can see how the dose is applied correctly. The events took place in the IPS Parque del Barzal, in Villavicencio. pic.twitter.com/lbuYObPQkY
– EL TIEMPO Health Unit (@SaludET) March 15, 2021
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Over the weekend, a similar case was known at the IPS of Sura in La América, in the western center of Medellín. There, Mrs. Maria Emma Uribe, 94, tShe was also punctured with an empty syringe and after the notice of the relatives, they correctly applied the vaccine.
Last week it happened in Floridablanca, with a woman who initially received an empty injection at the Foscal Clinic and was later administered the dose.
And while the epidemiologist Silvana Zapata insists that these types of episodes can be caused by inadvertent errors, that pass in traditional vaccination programs, affirms that the Expanded Program of Immunizations (EPI) must be more demanding and follow the protocol in front of the user of preparation for applications. Or in other words, all vaccination procedures must be transparent to people. “Only in this way will it be possible to gain trust with citizens and achieve the implementation of the plan in a transparent manner,” he says.
The clinic version
The Mi IPS Corporation issued a press release in which it gave its version of what happened. In the first place, they point out that the investigations were initiated to clarify the facts and contribute to the investigations and that, as part of a transparent protocol with the users and their companions, recording of the
immunization procedure.
“The health worker who vaccinated Mr. Emiliano Parrado explained the procedure to the companion, knowing that it was being recorded as part of the protocols. In said recording, she exposed the empty syringe and the biological separately and, immediately afterwards, performed the puncture with the empty syringe, without realizing that the vaccine had not been packaged“, they indicate.
“It is the worker who notices the mistake made and tells the user and his family that he had not carried out the procedure properly. After explaining the incident, he requests authorization to carry out a new puncture, with the bottled biological. The companion of the user, as was expressed in the care provided, accepts the apologies expressed by the vaccinator and authorizes that the protocol be carried out again, this time administering the vaccine of
correct way “, they say.
The statement ends by saying that the health service provider institution offers excuses to the user and his family for the altercation, the product of human error, and expresses its commitment to provide all the evidence collected, in case any authority requests them.
Surveillance
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On these facts, the National Superintendency of Health, through the Directorate of Inspection and Surveillance for Territorial Order Entities, requested the Sectional Secretary of Health of Antioquia, Lina María Bustamante Sánchez, and EPS Sura to report the results of the investigations carried out in the Medellín case.
“Supersalud once the information is obtained from the required entities, will evaluate whether it finds merit to carry out inspection, surveillance and control actions, additional to those carried out by the Sectional Secretariat of Antioquia ”, he reported.
In the same way, the Superhealth made a request to the departmental health secretaries of Santander, Javier Alonso Villamizar, and the municipal of Floridablanca, Olga Lucía Caballero, to inform as soon as possible the actions deployed to clarify the case and determine whether or not there was non-compliance with the guidelines provided in the scheme of the National Vaccination Plan.
(See: Why would the second dose of Sinovac be applied at 56 days?)
In this way, The officials must present the supports evidencing the results of the actions carried out within the framework of their competences. and the status of the investigations that they carry out, taking into account that it is the territorial entities who must carry out inspection, surveillance and control tasks over the actors in their jurisdiction.
It is worth saying that according to the most recent official report, in Colombia 843,204 doses have been applied against covid-19 and only these three isolated facts of vaccination problems have been known.
The National Superintendency of Health provided on line 01 8000 513 700, option 7, exclusively to address the concerns of users related to the National Vaccination Plan.
Through this line, the entity invited Colombians to report if they know of possible irregularities in the process.
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