55-day-old boy dies after vaccination, claim parents

Hyderabad: A 55-day-old boy, identified as Paltia Jaswanth, died under mysterious circumstances after a vaccine was administered to him at a state government-run Basti Dawakhana in Saidabad.  

On Wednesday, Jaswanth’s parents Lacchiram and Mounika, both daily labourers, took the baby to the medical camp at Basti Dawakhana at Saidabad. The staff administered three vaccines to the newborn.

His parents said that after the vaccine was administered at around 12.30 pm on Wednesday, the boy fell asleep and did not wake up at all. On Thursday at around 5.30 am, they noticed the child’s body was completely cold and blood was oozing out from his nose.

They rushed him to a nearby private hospital, where he was declared dead. Parents claimed that they thought he was in deep sleep due to the effect of the vaccine, but never imagined that he would be no more.

On a complaint from Lacchiram, Saidabad police registered a case. The boy’s body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem on Thursday.

The couple belongs to Devarakonda and got married a year ago. They relocated to the city for work and were residing in a hut at Khaja Bagh.