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Childhood vaccinations suspended at Genesis pediatric clinics
Childhood vaccinations suspended at Genesis pediatric clinics
Posted: July 2, 2008 09:19 PM Updated: July 3, 2008 02:55 AM by Kia Carter QUAD CITIES -- Wednesday all Genesis Medical Center Pediatric Clinics suspended their use of childhood vaccines. The decision comes after a baby received routine vaccinations on Tuesday, then died several hours later at home. Genesis Health Group says its suspending pediatric vaccinations merely as a precaution until the cause of the baby's death can be determined. Tuesday morning a 4-month-old baby boy came to the Genesis East Pediatrics Clinic in Silvis for a routine checkup that included several vaccinations. The seemingly healthy baby boy was brought in for a "well baby" visit, that's a check up that includes routine vaccinations like pneumonia, and DPT, which is for diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. Then Tuesday night his parents found him dead with no obvious cause for his death. Now all childhood vaccinations at Genesis clinics in Silvis, Bettendorf and Davenport have been temporarily suspended. A Genesis spokesman says hospital administration have no reason to believe the vaccines caused the baby's death, but they want to be overly cautious. "They'll be a coroner's examination of the baby and we'll get a report. At that time we'll most likely resume our vaccinations, because we don't think there was a link between them and the child passing," says Craig Cooper, Genesis Health Group spokesman. Genesis has also sent the batch of vaccines the boy received off to the Food and Drug Administration and to the makers of the vaccines for testing. This is the first time Genesis has ever suspended pediatric vaccinations at it's clinics. We'll continue to bring you the latest as Genesis finds answers. http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=8613656&nav=1sW7 |
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Childhood vaccinations suspended at Genesis pediatric clinics
On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:29:54 +0100, "JOHN" wrote:
We'll continue to bring you the latest as Genesis finds answers. "July 7, 2008 Genesis Resumes Childhood Immunizations Genesis Health System officials today announced their decision to resume offering childhood vaccination services effective immediately. " |
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