Kakadvitta (Jhapa), Feb 17: Vaccination was not responsible for the death of an infant in the district, according to an investigation report made public today.
A two months old child from Shantinagar-1 in the district had died three days after he was administered regular vaccines on January 19. The child’s death became a huge issue and the District Public Health Office, Jhapa had to halt the vaccination programme after the locals blamed the vaccination for the child’s death.
A probe team comprising representatives of the World Health Organization and Department of Health Services released the report. The report has mentioned that the child died from ‘haemorrhagic disease’, not from vaccine.
The team of the international and national specialists had prepared the report after carrying out investigation into case for three weeks. The team was led by representative of Damak-based office of the WHO, Dr Pasang Rai.
Regular vaccinations including BCG were administrated to two-month son of Dal Bahadur Rai of Shantinagar-5 on January 19. The child, who suffered excessive bleeding soon after administrating the vaccine, died after three days in course of treatment.
Chief at the District Public Health Office, Jhapa, Chandradev Mehata, said, “It was only coincidence as the child had been suffering from the ‘haemorrhagic disease’ before.
The report mentioned that nothing wrong was found in the vaccines sent at Shantinagar while carrying out the test.
The District Public Health Office, Jhapa, said that all the vaccination programmes of the office, postponed for the past 27 days after the incident, have now been brought into operation. RSS
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