Nayagarh/ Sajanagad: As many as 34 children fell ill after they were vaccinated for measles rubella in Nayagarh and Balasore districts Tuesday.
Nineteen students of Chahali-based Janashakti Nodal High School under Nuagaon block in Nayagarh were hospitalised after the vaccination. While 177 students of the school were inoculated, 19 of them experienced dizziness and fell unconscious in their classrooms. They were admitted to the district headquarters hospital.
Some of the students were identified as Krushna Chaitanya Behera, Rajesh Sahu, Tapan Nath, Aditya Prasad Mishra, Chitaranjan Behera, Soumya Ranjan Swain, Sai Suman Behera, Chinmay Prasad Nath, Rashmiranjan Barad, Sonali Nayak and Rashmita Behera.
Chief district medical officer (CDMO) Suresh Chandra Mishra said the students were released from hospital after they felt better. “The students fainted as a result of fear of injections. There is no problem in the vaccine,” Mishra said.
A report from Sajanagad in Balasore said 15 students fell unconscious after being immunised for measles rubella at Gardihi Nodal High School under Nilagiri block.
As many as 165 students were vaccinated. The sick students were discharged from Berhampur hospital after preliminary treatment.
However, the vaccination drive has created fears in the minds of guardians after this incident. PNN
