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| 500 rushed to hospital after vaccination |
| 2007-07-01 |
| At least 500 people were rushed to the hospital after they fell unconscious, allegedly due to the administration of faulty vaccines, in the flood-hit Regi locality of Peshawar on Saturday. The patients had been administered the TAB vaccine by health workers to protect them from TB and cholera after floods. The Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) was flooded with women, children and elderly people complaining of fever after getting the vaccines. “I received the vaccine at 11am and at 1pm, I fell unconscious. The next moment I found myself in a hospital bed,” said Omar Khan, 45. Mehrunisa, 60 said she had got the vaccine at 10am and lost consciousness at 11pm. Doctors said the problem was caused by panic. Dr Mosem Khan, executive district officer (EDO) for health, said the vaccine could cause drowsiness, skin rashes, low blood pressure and vomiting, but these symptoms were not reported, showing that the reaction to the vaccine was caused by mass panic. People in Regi made announcements on loudspeakers asking residents to avoid vaccination and to rush those who had already been vaccinated to hospital. They also held nine health workers hostage, including one doctor, two nurses, five technicians and one store-keeper. “We have suspended the ongoing anti-TB and cholera vaccination in the flood-hit areas across the province,” said Health Minister Inayatullah Khan at an emergency press conference at the KTH. The minister said that nine health workers involved in the vaccination campaign in Regi had been suspended and a committee had been formed to investigate the causes of the incident. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I'm on it. |
| Posted by: John Edwards 2007-07-01 21:43 |
| #2 Did the Chicoms provide the vaccine???? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-07-01 16:18 |
| #1 mass panic in a Paki town of rubes? Unthinkable! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-07-01 08:16 |