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Four Children Die of Anti-measles Vaccine in Southern India
Three girls died at a centre in Pennalurpettai village, about 75 km from the state capital. The fourth, a baby boy, died after getting the shot in Venkatapuram village near Tiruttani, 35 km from Thiruvallur.
The vaccination programme has since been suspended pending further investigation. Also suspended were two public health nurses. But many are wondering the protocol for the cold chain for preserving vaccines was broken at any stage.
Unsure about what might have caused the deaths, the Union Health Ministry rushed a two-member team of experts headed by Pawan Murti of Indias National Polio Surveillance programme (NPSP) to inquire into the deahs.
Samples from various batches of the vaccine allocated to Tamil Nadu have been sent to the Central Research Institute, Kasauli, for testing.
Eyewitnesses told the Times of India that the babies started frothing at the mouth, turned blue and died after they were given the injection.
Adding to the problem was the fact that there was no provision to take the babies to hospital in case of emergencies. "We did not plan for an ambulance or medical support," a health official said, adding that it was supposed to be a routine programme of immunisation.
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have to come into picture and do the needfull.
Govt should take the responsiblility for this issue and solve it as soon as possible.All are running for making money,but this should not happen again.Can any one give back the child to their parents.All doctors
should know that they too have children and grand children. So some thing should be done to sort out these kind of issues.