Thread by @RachnaDhingra

3rd Phase #Covaxine trial taking place in Bhopal hasviolated every rule in d book
Poor & vulnerable residents of gas
affected communities r herded by d People's 🏥 with a promise of Rs750. No copy of informed consent is being given 2 d participants @CDSCO_INDIA_INF

Most of these participants are from 3-4 communities situated near People 🏥. Most r told that they r being given d vaccine to stop COVID-19 and not that they r part of a 3rd Phase trial. None of them have recvd reports of their blood & PCR samples. @CDSCO_INDIA_INF

When a participant experiences an adverse event they call up d hospital who asks them to come in and then they r prescribed medicines & investigations where the participant is expected to foot the bill. Things cannot get any worse than this. @CDSCO_INDIA_INF

Participant's 'Informed consent' is not obtained prior to enrollment in d study but after d end of trial. Recvd first shot on 7Dec& second on 4Jan. Consent signed on 4Jan. @CDSCO_INDIA_INF really needs to take cognisance of these violations & intervene

Jitendra Narwariya felt unwell 4days after d first shot. Went to d d trial site 🏥 and was asked to pay 4 meds & investigations. Didn't have any money to pay & returned back without any treatment. He is still sick and has missed work for last 25 days due to ill health.