A very heart-wrenching incident has come to light from a private school in Kanpur. Actually, a 9 year old child resident of Rawatpur, Kanpur died after receiving diphtheria vaccine. The child’s family says that the child was absolutely fine after getting the vaccine. But due to doctor’s negligence he died. Types of diphtheria vaccines There are three types of vaccines that protect against diphtheria: DTAP: A combination vaccine that protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis. It is given to infants and children below 7 years of age. TDAP: A combination…
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Ministry bans 156 irrational fixed dose combination drugs read full article in Hindi
The Union Health Ministry has issued a notification on August 12, which has banned more than 100 FDC medicines i.e. fixed dose combination medicines used for fever, cold, allergy, itching and pain. The Center said in this notification that these fixed dose combination medicines are dangerous for humans. At the same time, safe alternatives of these medicines are also available. These medicines were banned In the gazette notification issued by the Union Health Ministry on August 12 regarding FDC medicines, the government has banned the medicines manufactured by top pharma…
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