Four-day-old baby dies after vaccination

A four-day-old baby girl died after allegedly being administered hepatitis vaccine at the Government hospital here, officials said today.

The baby's parents in a complaint to the Government College dean Soundararajan said the vaccine was given yesterday and the infant died within half-an-hour.

The spot where the vaccine was injected turned pale and the baby died, the parents said.
Officials are verifying if the vaccine was properly refrigerated or had expired.