2-yr-old boy given MR vaccine declared brain dead

Aurangabad | Thursday | 7th February, 2019

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He was immediately rushed to Hedgewar hospital where he went to coma while undergoing treatment.Between 5.30 and 6pm on Thursday, doctors at Hedgewar hospital declared the boy brain dead. This time, we took him to Hedgewar hospital. Yash’s father Kailash Bhatpude said that soon after the vaccine was administered to his son, he had fever and was experiencing chills. There were nine other children who were vaccinated along with the boy,” said Padalkar.Medical director at Hedgewar hospital Anant Pandhare told TOI that since it was a case of MR vaccine, the hospital was carefully following it up from the beginning. The committee concluded that the vaccination was not responsible for the condition of the boy..