GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

 

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.713

TO BE ANSWERED ON 1ST MARCH, 2011

Deaths during polio immunization drive

 

713.   SHRI MOTILAL VORA:

          SHRI SATYAVRAT CHATURVEDI:

 

          Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

 

(a) whether Government is aware that as reported in print media a two year old child died in Padappai area of Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu immediately after taking dose of polio drops;

 

(b) whether such sad news has been received from other places as well;

 

(c) whether Government has got the cause of the death of child investigated; and

 

(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

 THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)

 

(a) & (b) Yes.  A total of six deaths during National Polio Immunization drive in January, 2011 were reported by the States.  The details are as below :

 

State

No. of  reported deaths

Tamil Nadu

1

Maharashtra

1

Andhra Pradesh

2

Bihar

1

West Bengal

1

Total

6

 

(c) & (d): All these cases of death following polio immunization were investigated and they have been reported to be co-incidental. 

--