EXCLUSIVE: MMR BABY BLUNDER

[Guest guest]

How do they know it is safe and will not cause any side effects.

Have they done any trials on babies this young? Only time will tell.

Isabella

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/page.cfm?objectid=16696429 & method=full & siteid=66633 & page=1

13 February 2006

EXCLUSIVE: MMR BABY BLUNDER

Exclusive GP gives seven-week-old boy vaccine by mistake

By Marie Sharp

A TINY baby was given the controversial MMR triple vaccine jab almost a year before he should have.

The seven-week-old boy was taken to an Edinburgh doctor's surgery for his diphtheria vaccine.

But instead a GP accidentally gave him the measles, mumps and rubella shot, which is not usually administered until children are at least 12 months old.

The rare mistake echoes a case in 2002 when an eight-week-old girl was given the MMR jab by mistake at a health centre in Birmingham.

Whitter suffered no apparent adverse effects from the inoculation - but an internal inquiry led to a change in the way medicines were handled.

The centre introduced a colourcoding system to mark out the MMR vaccine from other drugs.

Lothian NHS do not colour-code medicines in their surgeries but they say the labels are clearly marked.

It is understood that Edinburgh GP lind Wight spotted the mistake immediately and contacted the drug manufacturers for advice.

The baby is in the care of social services, who informed his parents of the error. Yesterday, they demanded an inquiry The boy's dad said: "We had not even decided if we were ever going to let him have this vaccine because of all the concerns surrounding it.

"Now we are told he has had it a year before he should have. This should never have happened - his mother and I are worried sick."

A secret Government report has linked four infant deaths to the MMR jab over a three-year period.

The Edinburgh incident happened at the Durham Medical Group surgery in Duddingston on January 31.

The baby's foster parents took him to see Dr Wight for his diphtheria shot. After he had the jab, she realised it was the wrong one.

The manufacturers told her the vaccine was not likely to have any ill effects and the baby would not need any additional medication.

The scheduled diphtheria vaccine has been postponed while the baby's condition is monitored.

And if his family want him to have the protection of the triple MMR shot, he will have to have another jab when he is the right age.

Dr Wight said: "We have apologised to the foster parents who brought the child to the surgery for the jab.

"The mistake was recognised straight a way and the manufacturers were contacted.

"We were told the child's health would not be compromised and that additional treatment would not be necessary. The foster parents have since been back to the surgery where the child has been checked and is in good health."

A spokesman for Edinburgh City Council's social work department confirmed: "The baby is healthy and has shown no cause for concern."

The MMR jab has been steeped in controversy since it was introduced in 1998. Some doctors have linked it to autism and bowel disease, but the Government insist it is safe.

Infant deaths from measles have dropped to zero since the vaccine was brought in. But despite that and the Government's claim that there is no evidence to suggest the jab is dangerous, many parents still refuse to get their kids inoculated.

Others opt to pay privately for the three vaccines to be given in separate doses.

Last night, the Edinburgh baby's dad said: "Our son seems fine but this will prey on ourminds.

"It shouldn't have happened - no parent, whatever the circumstances, should have to face this kind of concern."

[Guest guest]

>From: " m.champion2 " <m.champion2@...>

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>Unfortunately, this type of blunder is often the only way birth parents find

>out what is being done to their own children, whilst in foster care.....

>The birth mother of our 3 sibling foster children, whom we have since

>adopted, as many of you on this list will know , told us that we knew best,

>and if we were worried about the safety of different vaccines, we should be

>considered and listened to, but the s.services not only didn`t take this

>line with us, they lied to us and told us the mother wanted the children to

>have booster shots of MMR DPT, and for her daughter to have the Men C

>shot.......We were eventually threatened with court action, and told that my

>attitude would most definitely hinder our adoption application, in a large

>way. We were harranged for taking the boys to see a homeopath, when it

>was a senior s.worker who sent us details of the Royal. Hom. Society through

>the post ! They sent the s.worker for the usual pre-adoption interviews,

>and she described me as " obssessed " and recommended we NOT be allowed to

>adopt all 3 children, that we only be allowed to continue fostering them,

>under CLOSE SUPERVISION....The adoption committee unanimously over ruled

>her, and the L.A, and we got our adoption. We were later told that we

>had made history, no-one had ever challenged the L.A and got away with it,

>no-one had ever been recommended to not be allowed to adopt, and the

>s.services been over ruled by the adoption panel...........They never even

>questioned me about the vax. issue, after all those threats and worries for

>months, they threatened to remove the children, and other things happened

>against us as well, if anyone wantsto know more about this, just post your

>questions, and I will answer them..... here........

m.champion2@...

>

>

>> And as another list member has said - what was a 7 week old doing getting

>> diphtheria jab (which really is DTaP,Polio,HIB - 5 in one) which is to

>> given at 2 months (not 7 weeks) (there is no single diphtheria jab)

>>

>> Sheri

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>> From: " jackie@jabs " <jackie@...>

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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/page.cfm?objectid=16696429 & method=full & sit

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>> 13 February 2006

>> EXCLUSIVE: MMR BABY BLUNDER

>> Exclusive GP gives seven-week-old boy vaccine by mistake

>> By Marie Sharp

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