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8 infants died within days of vaccination [1]

Directorate Of Health Services Admits More Deaths In Reply To Paediatrician’s RTI

The directorate of health services (DHS), which has been defending the administration of the pentavalent vaccine, has admitted that four infants had died within a week of administering the vaccine in the state till June 2012. The admission came in a reply to a right to information (RTI) application filed by paediatric physician Dr Jacob Puliyel, dated July 27, 2012.

Publication Date: 
06/02/2013
Shyam P V [2]
Times Of India (Kochi) [3]
Tags:
Kerala [4], Thrissur (D) [5], Infants [6], Vaccination [7], Right To Information (RTI) [8], Thiruvananthapuram (D) [9], Child Health [10], Health Effects [11], Health [12]
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