Monday, November 2, 2009

[epilepsy] Public school nurses give swine flu vaccine to kids without parents' OK, sends c

 

One of the children given the vaccine by mistake and WITHOUT parental
approval was special needs, she had epilepsy and wound up in the hospital.
Several doctors are concerned that people with neurological disorders shouldn't
take the vaccine so this parent was right to consult her child's
specialist. This is why in my opinion families need to have the power to make
medical decisions and not government agents. Yes they had a system set up but
several students fell through. Big bureaucracies are lousy at this. But
boy do they work hard to cover their mistakes. Why don't they do this by
having the families bring the children if they want the vaccine? Yeah they
are concerned they will get less compliance but it would be less chance for
this kind of mistake.
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Public school nurses give swine flu vaccine to kids without parents' OK,
sends child to hospital

School nurses mistakenly gave the swine flu vaccine to two students who
didn't sign up for it - including a _Brooklyn_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Brooklyn) girl with epilepsy who wound up in the hospital.
"I was outraged," _Naomi Troy_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Naomi+Troy) , 26, told the Daily News after her 6-year-old daughter, Nikiyah
Torres-Pierre, had a possible allergic reaction to the shot.
Officials at Public School 335 in _Crown Heights_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Crown+Heights) called an ambulance to take Nikiyah to _SUNY_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/State+University+of+New+York+System)
Downstate Medical Center when she fell ill following the arm jab.
"My stomach was hurting, and I was itching," Nikiyah said after she was
released from the hospital.
The snafu and a similar mixup at a _Staten Island_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Staten+Island) school came in the first days of the city's
in-school H1N1 vaccination program.
snip

Troy was waiting for advice from her family doctor on whether Nikiyah
should get the shot since she takes medicine to control her epilepsy.
snip

The error was compounded when the nurse didn't check Nikiyah's name before
sticking her in the shoulder, the mother said.
snip
After the mistake was discovered, officials summoned Troy to the school,
she said.
Troy said the nurse - a Department of Health employee - tried to get her to
sign a consent form, after the fact.
"I was insulted. I was really angry. 'You just incriminated yourself even
more,'" Troy recalled thinking.

Read more:
_http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2009/10/30/2009-10-30_sorry_bout_the_shot_public_school_nurses_give_swine_flu_vaccine_to_kids_
without_.html#ixzz0ViAdwrSh_
(http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2009/10/30/2009-10-30_sorry_bout_the_shot_public_school_nurses_give_swine_fl
u_vaccine_to_kids_without_.html#ixzz0ViAdwrSh)

In Christ,
Nedra 2 of 5,
Borg Mom Resistance is Futile in finding what works for my kids with God's
help

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