Twins die after vaccination in nursing home

GHAZIABAD - A pair of nine-month-old female twins died in a Ghaziabad nursing home Thursday after they were administered measles vaccination. The nursing home has been sealed and a criminal case registered against the owner, police said.

Charu and Chandni died in Diya Nursing Home in Shastri Nagar after a nurse administered them the vaccine, their father said.

“Immediately after vaccination, Charu started vomiting and we tried to stop the staff nurse from injecting Chandni. But she ignored us asking us to sit quietly and injected Chandni who fell unconscious immediately,” Sunil Sharma told IANS.

“We contacted the owner, Dr Satyvir Singh who said these were normal symptoms during vaccination. But after a few minutes, both the children grew cold and did not show any movement even when they were shaken. When the doctor realised the gravity of the situation, he took the children to the nearby Sarvoday Hospital where doctors declared them dead,” he added.

Sharma said that as they were taking the children home, Singh accompanied them but got down on the way and took the vaccination chart with him. “He assured us that he would come to our residence after being free from the nursing home,” he added.

He said on reaching home, the family elders advised them to go to a hospital. “We took the twins to Ganesh Hospital in Nehru Nagar where doctors again declared them dead. Then we informed the police, and handed over the bodies and lodged the complaint at Kavi Nagar police station.”

“We have registered the complaint against the nursing home owner under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) and have sealed the nursing home. The doctor is absconding and we are trying to arrest him,” Circle Officer Praveen Ranjan Singh said.