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Doctors raise alarm over pentavalent vaccine drive

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BS Reporter New Delhi

Doctors have raised alarm over the safety of pentavalent vaccines for children and asked the health ministry to immediately end the programme. A group of doctors, in a letter to the health secretary, questioned the inclusion of a hib vaccine without a trial. The vaccines have been introduced in Goa, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and would be used in Haryana now.

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First Published: Jan 18 2013 | 12:25 AM IST

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