Health workers give H1N1 vaccine to child by accident

[Treyfish]

Posted: 9:09 PM Oct 14, 2009

Parents are upset and wonder how this could happen.

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<!--numParagraphs : 5 -->A Montgomery County father is upset, because his child was given the H1N1 <NOBR style="COLOR: darkgreen; FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" id=itxt_nobr_0_0>vaccine</NOBR> by accident.
The flu mist vaccine was administered by workers from the Montgomery County Health Department. The health department was running a vaccine clinic at Camargo Elementary <NOBR style="COLOR: darkblue; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" id=itxt_nobr_1_0>School</NOBR>.
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Wages' father Matthew Angel was he's upset, because he specifically denied permission for his son to receive the shot.
Montgomery County Health Department spokeswoman Pam Spradling says an investigation has been launched to see exactly how this sort of mix-up happened.:tiphat:http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/64325967.html