A four-month-old baby has died after receiving a pneumonia and meningitis vaccine in Shandong province , an official with the local health bureau confirmed yesterday.
The baby was vaccinated against Haemophilus influenza type B on October 19 at Chinese Medicine Hospital in Liaocheng city .
Xinhua quoted the boy's father, Yu Jingkuan, as saying adverse effects were seen soon after the vaccination.
'His mouth turned blue and his face turned pale several minutes after we left the hospital,' Mr Yu said.
Shandong Shangbao, a Shandong newspaper, reported earlier that Mr Yu returned to the hospital for consultations twice but was told the symptoms were normal reactions to the vaccination.
When he took the baby back the following afternoon, the boy was already very weak. Mr Yu was told to take the baby to another hospital as an ambulance was not available. The baby died on the way.
