By Bushra Baseerat HYDERABAD: The state health department has recorded an alarming 13 deaths in the 0-5 age group in the first five months of 2011, the highest in the corresponding period in last three years. The deaths were reported within 24 hours of the children being vaccinated, mostly after an oral polio vaccine was […]
Doctors found guilty of getting rich vaccinating our children
By Christina England A staggering 1,992 Indian doctors were found guilty this week of yet again profiting from the pharmaceutical industries. The Medical Council of India have found that doctors have been violating professional ethics, by excepting gifts, hospitality and financial gains. In the article Nearly 2000 doctors named for taking pharma firms’ gifts-Politics … […]
128 kids died after vaccine in 2010, gov't can't say why
By Arun Ram CHENNAI: More children in India are dying every year soon after being vaccinated, and the government has no clue why. Union health ministry statistics obtained under the Right to Information Act show that 128 children died in 2010 due to adverse effects after immunization (AEFI). That count has risen in the past […]
Vaccine deaths on the rise in last three years
New Delhi – Draft policy blames deficient surveillance of authorities. The number of children who have died after being administered vaccine shots has jumped suddenly in the last three years, according to Central government records. However, none of the deaths have been attributed to vaccines directly. Even though the number of deaths was quite low […]
Pharma majors under fire over trial compensation
By Joe Mathew, New Delhi A Union health ministry probe has revealed that pharmaceutical majors conducting clinical trials in India have not given compensation to majority of the volunteers who died during the trials. Of the 671 deaths that were reported in 2010, the ministry has evidence of just three cases of compensation. The ministry […]
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