Doctor Sues Taiwan Health Dept. After H1N1 Jab Immuno-compromised And Killed His Son

Doctor Sues Taiwan Health Dept. After H1N1 Jab Immuno-compromised And Killed His Son

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 December 2009 17:58





Doctor to sue Taiwan CDC over child’s death after H1N1 vaccination



TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A gynecologist is planning to sue the Centers for Disease Control over the death of his seven-year-old son after receiving the A (H1N1) flu virus vaccine, reports said Tuesday. The CDC denied there was a link between the two and said it would continue its present inoculation campaign. The Taichung boy, surnamed Liu, did not have any history of medical problems before being immunized at school on November 19, said Chang Yao-tsung, an opposition Democratic Progressive Party member of the Taichung City Council speaking on behalf of the child’s parents. His health started deteriorating the following day, with red blotches appearing on the sole of his feet. The boy’s father, a gynecologist only mentioned with his surname Liu, took him to a local private clinic where he was told the problem might be a skin disease or an allergy provoked by the vaccine. The father thought the rashes might disappear after taking medicine for two weeks, but instead they spread all over his body, according to Chang. On November 28, Liu also contacted the CDC, which denied the problems were caused by the vaccine, Chang said. Desperate for a solution, Liu checked his son into a hospital and transferred him twice, looking for more tests and expensive treatments. Some doctors said there was a problem with his son’s immune system. The seven-year-old officially died of sepsis Monday, more than a month after being inoculated. read full story

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