10 month old baby dies after vaccine shot

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10-month-old baby dies after vaccine shot

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G Rajasekharan

First Published : 10 Oct 2008 02:15:00 AM IST

Last Updated :

NAMAKKAL: A TEN- month old girl child died today after being administered a

vaccine shot near Pachan Gounden Valasu in Paramathy Taluk of Namakkal

district.

Rashidha, daughter of Raja (32) was given a dose of measles vaccine at the

Jaderpalayam Primary Health Centre (PHC) on Tuesday. After returning home,

the child developed high fever and was immediately taken to the same PHC

where she was treated by a staff of the hospital. Dr Kumar who worked in a

PHC in a nearby village then treated the child.

But Rashidha¹s condition worsened. Her stomach became bloated and she

suffered loose motion.

This morning, as the child became weak and fainted, the parents rushed her

to the Tiruchengode GH where the doctors declared the baby ³brought dead.²

Getting suspicious of his daughter¹s death, Raja informed the local police.

Paramathy Vellore Police Station Inspector N Manoharan and Jedarpalayam

sub-inspector Kandasamy made preliminary investigations and have registered

a case. A postmortem has been ordered and the report is awaited.

Meanwhile, the department of public health sources said that 11 children

were given vaccine shots on Tuesday at the Jedarpalaym PHC.

Six of them including Rashidha were administered the dose taken from the

same vial. Rashidha¹s blood and bowel samples have been sent for

investigation.

Speaking to this website's newspaper, Dr Elango, Joint Director (In-charge)

Public Health, said that as per the preliminary investigations, the death

was not due to the vaccine as the child was normal for eight hours after the

vaccine. She was given the right treatment for fever.

The baby was fed after the treatment by the parents at home during which

time she became breathless due to regurgitation, claimed Elango while

assuring to reveal the full medical report as soon as it was ready.

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So if a baby doesn't die in the first 5 minutes apparently the vaccine is

safe and they can say definitively that a death can't possibly be due to the

vaccine " b/c the baby was normal for 8 hours after the vaccine " .. EIGHT

HOURS!?!!! *hours*?!

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Why were they giving measles to a 10 month old?

Bronwyn