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Check-ups begin for Busia children paralysed after jabs
Some of the children whose legs were paralysed after receiving injections at Akichelesit Dispensary in Teso North Sub-County between April 7, 2013 and June 25, 2015. Check-ups have began to determine the cause of the paralysis. PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- The affected children developed weak limbs after being injected.
- Most of the children can barely walk, while others have sceptic wounds. Older children use walking sticks to move around.
- Mid-July, angry parents stormed Governor Sospeter Ojaamong’s office to demand action against health workers responsible for the paralysis.
- Dr Siminyu said among the factors the probe team is seeking to establish is whether health workers could have been involved in hoarding drugs.
Thirty children who were paralysed after being injected at a dispensary in Busia have began check-ups.
County Health executive Maurice Siminyu said the victims are being examined in hospitals as they wait for findings of a World Health Organisation probe.
