Date:19/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/19/stories/2008091955110500.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Baby girl dies 12 hours after vaccination

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: A five-month-old infant, Surya, died nearly 12 hours after she was administered the first dose of the DPT, Oral Polio and Hepatitis B vaccines on Wednesday.

Authorities at the Institute of Child Health, Egmore, declared her dead on arrival last night. The parents chose not to file a police complaint and refused to allow post-mortem. Public health officials said it was unlikely to be a vaccine death because the most common cause, anaphylactic shock, would occur within an hour of vaccination.