Vaccination called off after death of 4-month-old
Pioneer News Service/ Kendrapara
http://www.dailypioneer.com/indexn12...counter_img=12 A four-month-old child, Prabhudatta Das, died on Thursday afternoon allegedly after taking DPT vaccine in the Polio Immunisation Health Camp organised by the Health Department at Bishok Sub-Centre under Derabish Public Health Centre.

Father of Prabhudatta said he had taken his son to get DPT vaccine for his son at the health camp. After the vaccine was administered, his son fell sick.

When the condition deteriorated, the child was rushed to the Kendrapara district headquarters hospital. The paediatric specialist of the hospital Dr Naresh Acharya, after examining the child, referred him to the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack. The child died on his way to Cuttack.

Tension prevailed in the area after the death of the child and the irate locals gheraoed the hospital.

Later, a medico team of Derabish Public Health Centre, led by Additional District Medical Officer Dr Alekha Das, rushed to the health camp in order to take stock of the situation, official sources said.

The medico team later seized the vaccines at the health camp to send them for test to the Directorate of Health.

Chief District Medical Officer Dr Usha Patnaik has already intimated the matter to the Director of Health. The District Health Department has directed all the health centres to stop administering the vaccine at the immunisation camps till further orders.

The CDMO has also directed the officials concerned to return the vaccine stock to the district headquarters hospital, informed official sources.