Mandya: Baby dies after vaccination; parents accuse doctor’s negligence
Mandya, Dec 7: A one-and-half month-old baby died after it was vaccinated with pentavalent vaccine at Kadukottanahalli in Maddur taluk on Friday.
The baby of Swamy and Jyothi from Cheeranahalli in Mandya taluk died within 24 hours of getting the vaccination.
Jyothi who was at her mother’s house at Kadukottanahalli, got her baby vaccinated at the local primary health centre on Thursday afternoon. After suffering from fever throughout the night, the baby died on Friday morning.
Now, parents and relatives alleged that their baby was died because of the negligence of the doctors. Though they have taken the suffering baby to the hospital, the doctors have not responded, they said and staged a protest in front of the PHC.
After administering pentavalent vaccination, three children were died in the taluk last year. But the Health Department officers denied the allegation that the child died due to vaccination.
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Northwest, central, adjoining east India to witness heatwave conditions for next 4-5 days: IMD
New Delhi (PTI): Heatwave conditions are very likely to prevail over isolated pockets of northwest, central and the adjoining parts of east India for the next four to five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.
It said isolated pockets of Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, East Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, West Uttar Pradesh, West Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and scattered pockets of East Uttar Pradesh are expected to witness heatwave conditions on different dates between April 20 and April 25.
"Hot and humid weather conditions are very likely to prevail in isolated pockets over Gangetic West Bengal during April 20-26; Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal during April 20–22; Kerala and Mahe, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam during April 20-24; coastal areas of Gujarat on April 24 and April 25," the IMD said.
Also, warm night conditions are expected to prevail in isolated pockets over Haryana, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha on April 20 and April 21, Chhattisgarh on April 20, and Odisha between April 20 and April 22.
The IMD highlighted that moderate to intense thunderstorm activity can occur over different states of south, central, east and northwest India on Monday.
There is also a possibility of hailstorms over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, Madhya Pradesh Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh on Monday, according to the IMD.
