Infant in Cebu Died After Vaccinated, Parents Blames The Vaccine
An infant died a day after she was vaccinated at the Eversley Childs Sanitarium and General Hospital in Barangay Jagobiao, Mandaue City.
According to the report of Sunstar Cebu, the parents of the infant Crisela Toniacao and Johnnel Abello were still shocked and couldn’t believe what happened to their second child, who was one month and 25 days old. The parents are blaming the vaccine given to their child.
Toniacao, the mother, had a high fever when she gave birth to her baby through a cesarean section. The baby was affected, got sick and was given an antibiotic.
Toniacao returned with her baby for a follow-up checkup and was told her baby’s fever had subsided and she was normal, the couple told Sunstar Cebu. When the infant was on her six weeks after birth, she caught by a cough and was again brought to the doctor who prescribed medicine for one week.
The infant should be scheduled for vaccination but the doctor old Toniacao to wait until the infant’s cough was gone. Weeks after, they returned for the following checkup and the doctor said the infant is normal and ready to be immunized in a week’s time.
Wednesday, December 4, they went to the Eversely Child Sanitarium and General Hospital with their baby to get vaccinated. The attending nurse was allegedly busy with his phone and just weighed her baby and proceeded to inject one vaccine in each of the infant’s legs and administer an oral vaccine, she said.
Toniacao said she was shocked when the nurse injected the vaccine without sterilizing her baby’s legs. The couple shared their suspicion that the nurse might have wrongly immunized their baby, who wouldn’t stop crying since the injection.
She said that their daughter’s right leg was swollen and hot. After a while, their daughter developed a fever and won’t stop crying.
They attempt to contact their pediatrician but it could not be reached. The couple decided to give the infant paracetamol at four-hour intervals starting at 6 p.m. At 2 a.m.
At past 6 a.m., they noticed that their daughter was not responding and had blood coming out of her nose. They brought the infant to Maayo Medical that has still pulse.
After their daughter was declared dead, Abello said they wanted her to undergo an autopsy to determine the cause of death. He asked doctors for help and even went to funeral homes, private hospitals and also to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7.
The doctor who examines the baby could not identify the cause of her death. but the parents continue to suspect the vaccine might have caused their daughter’s death.
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