It is frequently reported in the Indian media that children die after vaccination and inoculation. On investigation of the samples from the batch shows nothing wrong with the vaccines. It is in everybody’s knowledge that there are frequent power failures all over the country, and the medicines/vaccines for the treatment/prevention of deadly disease such as small pox, typhoid are supposed to be stored under certain deep freeze temperatures. In the absence of 100% back-up power supply, the deep freeze requirement for storage might not have met. Financial implications take precedence over the ethical issue of knowingly not complying with the requirements.
It may be true that the main distributor of the medicines/vaccines is well equipped as per the requirement. But, what if the smaller stockiest /distributors who are not so well-equipped and may even be ignorant of the stringent requirement of low temperature for storage of these special medicines/vaccines.
It is the responsibility of the government department concerned to educate the concerned persons at various levels, including the end-user, inspect the storage facilities and ensure that the life-saving medicines/vaccines are stored under specified environmental conditions so as to ensure the safety of the consumer.
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