5-month-old boy dies hours after vaccination (HepB,DPT,OPV)

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" A five-month-old boy died within a day of being administered

Hepatitis B, DPT vaccines and polio drops. "

" Suriya's mother Vasanthakumari said he was playing in her lap when

the doctors vaccinated him around 11.30 am on Wednesday. " Within an

hour of reaching home, the baby developed fever.We thought it was

normal, " she said. The child's condition deteriorated when

Vasanthakumari gave him a tablet that she got from the PHC to

administer in case of fever. "

Photo at webpage - Vasanthakumari holds on to her dead son's fingers

at her house in Gandhinagar near ICF, in Chennai on Thursday./Shiba prasad sahu

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5-month-old boy dies hours after vaccination

19 Sep 2008 03:06:00 AM IST

CHENNAI: A five-month-old boy died within a day of being administered

Hepatitis B, DPT vaccines and polio drops.

Suriya's parents suspect that a mix up of vaccines at the

Corporation's primary health centre (PHC) in Ayyanavaram is to blame

for his death. However, the alleged negligence may go unpunished

because they have not lodged a complaint with the police to avoid a

post-mortem.

Suriya's mother Vasanthakumari said he was playing in her lap when

the doctors vaccinated him around 11.30 am on Wednesday. " Within an

hour of reaching home, the baby developed fever.We thought it was

normal, " she said. The child's condition deteriorated when

Vasanthakumari gave him a tablet that she got from the PHC to

administer in case of fever.

" The fever did not subside. He also developed dysentery and by 9 pm

he almost collapsed.We rushed him to a private hospital, but were

told to go to the Kilpauk Medical College Hospital.

Around 10.30 pm, when we reached KMCH, the doctors said there was no

hope. Then we took him to the Institute of Child Health in Egmore,

where the doctors declared that he was brought dead, " Suriya's

father, Rajesh Kannan said.

" When the doctors asked us to go for a post-mortem, we did not have

the heart to let it be done on a five-month-old child, " said the parents.

The doctors of the health centre said they had administered the

vaccine to 30 babies, but no other child had developed any complication.

Mayor M Subramaniam told Express that a vigilance inquiry had been

ordered into the incident and action would be taken on the basis of

the findings.

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Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

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