3-yr-old girl dies after receiving jab at medicine store in Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer, Jan 4: A three-year-old girl died allegedly after being administered an injection at a medicine store in Jaisalmer on Saturday, officials said.

While the girl’s family has accused the medicine store staff of negligence, Kotwali police station SHO Sawai Singh said the exact cause of death will be ascertained only after the autopsy report is received.

Ismail Khan, a resident of Hasan village, said his three-year-old granddaughter Rabina was suffering from cold and cough for the past two days.

On Saturday, he took her to a retired government doctor at his residence who prescribed an injection.

The girl was administered the jab by the staff of a local medicine store following which she became unconscious, police said.

The girl was taken to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead, they added.(PTI)

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