FORMER Health Secretary Janette L. Garin and others were charged with another two complaints in connection with the Dengvaxia controversy.
The Public Attorney’s Office on Friday filed at the Department of Justice another two complaints on the deaths of Christine Joy G. Asuncion, who died on March 15, 2018, and Roshaine D. Cariño, who died on Feb. 19, 2018. Both deaths are bring linked to the Dengvaxia vaccine controversy.
Ms. Garin is facing charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide, and violation of the Anti-Torture Act and the Consumer Act.
Others charged are government officials involved in the purchase and issuance of a certificate of product registration for Dengvaxia, manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur, Inc. and distributor Zeullig Pharma Corporation.
In the separate complaints filed by the parents of both alleged victims, assisted by PAO Chief Persida V. Rueda-Acosta, it was stated that there were common patterns found in the deaths of the Dengvaxia victims such as: they received three doses of the vaccine, recipients only got sick after the vaccination with the common symptoms of headache, fever, and abdominal pain, forensic examinations of the body showed enlargement and extensive bleeding of organs. — V.M.M. Villegas

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