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Anti-measles injections claim lives of five children in Balochistan: parents
 [DAWN] Five children died of anti-measles injections Friday as the Balochistan...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... government launched an anti-measles campaign across the province. Five children ranging from two to nine years died in Balochistan's Killa Saifullah district in the past days. However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... Balochistan's Director General Health Dr Farooq Azam contradicted the parents' claim and termed diarrhoea as the underlying reason behind the deaths. "The health condition of my kids deteriorated when health officials administered anti-measles injections to them," Juma Khan, the grandfather of one of the children, told DawnNews. The claim was vehemently denied by health officials. Posted by: Fred 2015-04-18 |
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