Outrage as Lanarkshire care home injects residents with salt water instead of COVID vaccine

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  • not just Lanarkshire, either :scream:
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That’s shocking … :scream:

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Isn’t it?! I know the saline solution has to be mixed with the vaccine (so I have read), but I don’t know at which stage that happens…aren’t these vials clearly marked or something?!

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I’d hope so … :exclamation:

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Trudi Marshall, nurse director for Health and Social Care at North Lanarkshire health and social care partnership (HSCP), confirmed that it was aware of the incident.

She said: “None of the residents who received the vaccine diluent came to any harm and they were re-vaccinated on the same day."

A spokesman for the Scottish Government said: “We were notified of the incident at the time and reassured by the health board that no harm was caused and that all residents affected received the appropriate vaccine the same day.”

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