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Three punished for school vaccine incident
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-12 16:58
Three people who were directly responsible for an east 皇冠体育app hepatitis A
vaccine incident in which one kid was killed and another 300 were sickened after
the vaccination last year were sentenced to imprisonment of different terms.
The three were Zhou Shiming, formerly president of Dazhuang Township Hospital
of Sixian County in east 皇冠体育app's Anhui Province, Hou Huafeng, head of Dazhuang
epidemic prevention and health center, and Zhou Shikai, a center worker who was
in charge of hepatitis vaccine purchase.
Both Zhou Shiming and Hou Huafeng were sentenced to two years' imprisonment
for being abuse of power. Zhou Shikai was given a jail term of a year and half.
Hou lodged an appeal to a higher court and the second-instant trial is to be
held Thursday.
Three more county-level health officials who were held responsible for the
problematic hepatitis vaccine were given disciplinary warnings within the Party.
On June 16 and 17 last year, some 2,500 primary and middle school pupils were
vaccinated with the iffy hepatitis A vaccines. About 300 pupils suffered from
nausea and breathing difficulties shortly after the vaccination. One pupil was
killed on June 23.
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