Wrong son got MMR jab

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" Ben was examined by specialists, who told us we were lucky he was under six

months old as his immune system was not fully developed. " Well that makes

it alright then?

" " He had a very high temperature but thankfully he now seems OK. Had he been

two months older what would have happened then? " What indeed!! I'd be

watching this one like a hawk - being premie is bad enough but stabbed with

MMR at 15 weeks? She might not see the damage now but....? Poor little

thing...(

Love, light and peace,

Sue

" It is not unfair to conclude that medicine is the only branch of science

that has based its structure on opinions and suppositions rather than on

laws and principles. " - Vithoulkas, " The Science of Homoeopathy " .

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Wrong son got MMR jab - mum

A YOUNG mum is to lodge an official complaint against her family doctor

after a vaccination mix-up claim.

Emma Hook, 23, and her partner Ian Whalley have started the procedure

rolling after her life-long GP gave her 15-weeks-old son Ben Whalley the MMR

vaccination meant for his two-years-old brother, .

They claim the doctor should be struck off the medical register and have

sent a letter of complaint to the Health Care Commission in Manchester.

Emma, of Devonshire Road, Atherton, says she took her two sons to the

surgery last Thursday for Scot to have his MMR jab and baby Ben, who was

born prematurely, to have his first injections.

She alleges that after Ben was given his injection she was sent out of the

surgery and called back later to be told that he had been given the wrong

one.

" I went numb, I didn't know what to do. Babies are not supposed to have the

MMR jab until they are at least 13 months old. We were advised to take him

to Wigan Infirmary and there staff rang the Department of Health to see what

might happen. Ben was examined by specialists, who told us we were lucky he

was under six months old as his immune system was not fully developed.

" He had a very high temperature but thankfully he now seems OK. Had he been

two months older what would have happened then?

" I am very angry, how can a doctor mix up two injections and give them to

the wrong children? I want to make sure this does not happen to anyone else.

" He has been my doctor for 23 years, and this is not the first trouble I

have had, but it is the first and last time that Ben will see him. I will

change doctors and the children will have their injections then. "

A spokesman for the surgery refused to comment.

A spokesman for the Health Care Commission said information was confidential

but the couple would have been advised that to follow the NHS complaints

procedure they should first lodge a complaint with the practice manager and

the complaints manager at the Primary Care Trust.