Frauding Physiological Saline into Cervical Cancer Vaccine 'Shock'
Jul 25, 2024
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According to Chinese media such as Beijing News and Shin Kyung-bo, a 28-year-old health center employee in Zhonggang County, Duyang City, Sichuan Province, was recently caught after tricking physiological saline into a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to inoculate people.
HPV vaccine is a vaccine administered to prevent cervical cancer.
She is especially known to be an office worker without a medical license.
According to the police, she was found to have inoculated several people and pocketed 11,000 yuan (about 2.1 million won).
Her crime was discovered on the report of an inoculated person.
One woman was vaccinated three times at the health center, but after checking at another medical institution, the vaccination record was not searched, so she reported it.
The health center dismissed the suspicion of the connection, saying, `This fake vaccination case is an individual deviant behavior of the employee.'
Police said further investigations are currently underway.
In this regard, experts noted that "fake vaccines may not only cause side effects, but also deprive inoculators of their right to prevent diseases and pose a great risk to their future health.""Victims may be mistaken for having been vaccinated with HPV and slow down their alertness to HPV virus infection, which may increase the risk of cervical cancer.", he pointed out.
Meanwhile, HPV vaccines have been in short supply in recent years in some parts of China, and vaccination has not been carried out properly.
In some cities, they are known to be inoculated by paying 'Utdon'.
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