A one month old baby whose parents warned doctors that she was ill and had a cough, has died within hours of receiving routine vaccination for Hepatitis B, DPT and oral polio after doctors decided to proceed with immunization anyway. Read more…

If you’ve ever doubted whether many pediatricians are really just drug reps wearing white coats, you won’t anymore after reading this story.
Baby Stacy and her twin sister Lesly were born one month premature by C-Section. Stacy needed to be resuscitated after birth and she and her sister spent four days in an incubator.
Stacy’s parents, who live in Belgium, decided to follow the advice of their doctor in December 2011 and have the babies vaccinated at 8 weeks old. Both babies were living at home by that time and were doing well.
On the day of the vaccinations, Stacy had a cold and was not feeling well. Stacy’s parents were told not to worry and that vaccinating a sick child would be safe. There is also a history of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and allergies in the family, but it is not clear whether the doctor even bothered to ask about this. Read story…