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Tamil Nadu: 4 babies die after measles vaccine shot
Published on Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 13:33, Updated at Thu, Apr 24, 2008 in 
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New Delhi: Four 10-month-old babies in a Tamil Nadu village died within minutes of being administered an anti-measles shot.
Three baby girls and a baby boy later died at a medical centre in a village about 75 km from Chennai.
The Tamil Nadu government has announced Rs 3 lakh as compensation for the four families.
The government has ordered a probe and says it will wait for the test results.
Soon after the incident, the state suspended the use of that particular batch of vaccine across the state.
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OUR COUNTRY OUGHT TO BURN MAUD KE SAUDAAGARS- INDIAN POLITICOS- AT THE POLLS- BEFORE ANYTHING CAN BE REALLY ACHIEVED FOR
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Ohhh my Lord!! 10 months baby!! What wrong did they do? Getting a vaccine is a crime?? Now who are
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CM runs to private hospital if something happens to him even its a minor thing.
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our country should try improve health system which is very vital. if they took interest in few areas like health,
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Bas****!!!! Now some scam will be coming out and a minister will be part of it. Who needs ur dirty
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