Malda: The bodies of two babies, who died in Malda on Thursday after receiving vaccination, were exhumed on Monday following complaints against health officials.
On Sunday, Akhtari Begum, mother of 3-month-old Najim Ansari and Mastarina Biwi, mother of 6-monthold Rehan Reza — lodged complaints with police.
Both babies had died the day after they were administered BCG and DPT vaccines. The mothers alleged that the vaccines had got spoiled and that the health officials were trying to hush up the matter by asking them to bury the bodies. The bereaved mothers also claimed compensation of Rs 5 lakh.
District magistrate Swapan Kr Rakshit, BDO Ajmal Hossain and Gajole police exhumed the bodies of the two babies. These would be sent to North Bengal Medical College on Tuesday for post-mortem.
Srikanta Roy, CMOH in Malda, said: “Routine immunisation of DPT and BCG was not the cause of death, as our records show both deaths took place after 48 hours of immunisation.” TNN published on 18.05.10
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