More than 300 children were expired vaccine injections The who "pay"?

September 19, 2015

Source: Beijing news

A vicious incident, neither to liability of relevant personnel, there is no reasonable compensation to the victims' families, so perfunctory, how is the department concerned, is "blind" or being "modesty".

Give children vaccinated, is an important content of our country public health enterprise. Years of practice, but also for the healthy growth of children in China provides a very good protection, many encephalitis, a serious threat to children's health diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy, under the aegis of the vaccine, and the distance between children.

But, it is such a about children's healthy growth of business, an unexpected turmoil. It is reported that in henan zhoukou region, more than 300 children were injected with expired vaccine. And the related investigation shows that many vaccine storage doesn't conform to the requirements, responsible for personnel also does not have the qualifications of should have vaccination. Cause many children after accept vaccination appeared all kinds of bad consequences, and many children lost their lives for this, the results are.

Keeping the vaccine needs at a low temperature, so the vaccine from all aspects of the factory to use for cold, with professional vocabulary is called cold chain system. This is one of the most basic vaccine management system, if even this system cannot guarantee, so the vaccine injection is no guarantee that the quality of work. , therefore, in the related management, follow-up of cold chain system, has been a focus on the link, in zhoukou, however, are often vaccines preserved in low temperature, completely lost the basic professional ethics.

For example, all vaccine injections have strict registration system. It is this system, let those who are beyond the validity of vaccine out of the tail. But, unfortunately, this is so obvious, incredibly slow to the attention of the authorities, local regulatory malpractice is obvious.

For vaccine safety management, is both the responsibility of the local disease control center, is also the responsibility of the food and drug administration. But local CDC given processing opinion is just the vaccination staff fired, a vicious incident, neither to liability of relevant personnel, also have no reasonable compensation to the victims' families, so perfunctory, how is the department concerned, is "blind" or being "modesty". In either, all reflect our health management, for managers of accountability, etc., are still lack of a scientific and timely process.

As for the injection of personnel lack the necessary doctors or nurses card problem, again reflects China's rural health strength is weak, in many medical staff can't find a job in the city at the same time, in many rural medical institutions, long basic human security, out of the question, people questioned their qualifications, but, if want to qualification, may be many rural, even now that poor health care.

So, regardless of management or qualification, the core problem is still, rural medical treatment is not enough attention, many regulatory long-term reach relatively remote areas, the implementation of the vaccines may be only the tip of the iceberg.

Sound zheng yi (the doctor)