Health and Family Welfare Director Nirmala Dei on Thursday visited Ranpur Hospital and started investigation into the incident in which a two-month-old baby died allegedly after taking polio drops at Balabhadrapur gram panchyat office in Nayagarh district on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, all the other 11 babies, who were admitted at the Ranpur Hospital after taking the polio drops along with the deceased baby, were discharged from the hospital.
“Polio drops given to all the babies on Wednesday at Balabhadrapur panchyat office were from a single bottle.
While one baby died after being administered with polio, other babies are safe now. Inquiry is on to ascertain the exact reason of the death of the baby and after getting postmortem report it will be confirmed,” said Dei.
Meanwhile, the administration has suspended three officials, including ANM Nirupama Debi and MPW Gokula Pradhan for the incident. The case is being further investigated.