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Pregnant Women in Kerala get more medicines

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This post is just a comparison and not to be taken as medical advice. The below comparison is made with a pregnant woman in Kerala with another pregnant woman from Kerala who is residing at UK. Does this mean hospital management/ doctors/ medical reps/ pharma companies are fooling people in Kerala? Or Are they giving this to boost our confidence ? To make it appear as if they are caring ? I talked about this to some of my friends and here are some of the replies These tablets are cheap and you get reimbursements, have it. If you check different sources from Internet (though this data is not gathered from internet) you will get different results. I was too like this initially but blah blah blah. You are mad. If you think like this you can't live. Another reply I got is that if fluid is less in scan then the doctor will prescribe scan every week.

News against Pentavalent Vaccine in Kerala

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UPDATE - Feb 4 : Three infants had reportedly died in the past one month in Kerala after receiving the vaccine, while one death was also reported from Haryana this month Source : TimesofIndia In this case too death happened next day with bleeding from nose. Screenshot of TimesofIndia news. Click to zoom UPDATE: But despite infant deaths and two pending PILs (with yet another being heard in the Delhi High Court) against pentavalents, the Health Ministry announced on April 16 that pentavalents would be introduced in five more states - Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry in October. In making the decision, the government overlooked the NTAGI, which has not even been convened since August 2010 when the body suggested limited introduction to Kerala and Tamil Nadu. In short the ministry just decided to extend the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) on April 17 !!! Source: PTI UPDATE: On the first day of starting the programme in Kerala one ...