A 45-day-old baby boy from Pillaiyarnatham area died on Thursday morning after receiving immunisation vaccine the previous day from a primary health centre. According to sources, the baby of Vijayakumar and Suganya, received the vaccination at Primary Health Centre at Alamarathupatti on Wednesday, following which, the baby developed a fever. On Thursday morning, the mother breastfed the baby and put him to sleep in a cradle before she went to take a bath. When she returned, she noticed blood oozing from the child’s nostrils and mouth, upon which the baby was rushed to the government hospital in Dindigul, where the doctors declared that the child was brought dead. View More

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