According to the investigation carried out by the Regional Health Agency (ARS) following the death of a teenager vaccinated against papillomavirus last October, there is “no [eu] of dysfunction in the organization of the vaccination campaign”.
- According to the administrative investigation, there was no “malfunction in the organization of the vaccination campaign” following the death of a schoolboy near Nantes.
- Last October, the schoolboy felt unwell and then fell after being vaccinated against the papillomavirus.
- The fall would have caused craniocerebral trauma which would be the cause of death, according to the results of the autopsy.
“Investigation [administrative] does not reveal any dysfunction in the organization of the vaccination campaign, in the preparation of the Federative Prevention Screening Center, a service at the Nantes University Hospital which ensures the vaccination campaign in Loire-Atlantique, or in the distribution and update circuit. provision of vaccines which would have been the cause of the accident”indicated this Thursday, November 23 the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Pays de la Loire.
Death of a schoolboy after vaccination against the papillomavirus: the ARS publishes the conclusions of its investigation
This administrative investigation was carried out by the ARS. It was opened after the death, near Nantes, of a schoolboy vaccinated against the papillomavirus. As part of the national vaccination campaign offered to all 5th grade studentsthe boy had received the injection then, fifteen minutes later, he felt unwell and fell.
“The fact-finding mission considers that the organizations, put in place with regard to the national framework, are suitable for the conduct of vaccination, specifies the ARS. However, recommendations have been made to further improve the conditions for implementing this vaccination campaign.”
The objective of these recommendations aims in particular to “better prevent the risk of stress for young people”. Shortly after this accident, the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) had already recommended that vaccinated adolescents remain lying or sitting on the floor, leaning against a wall for the fifteen minutes following the injection of the product.
“The death of the young man was the result of craniocerebral trauma”
“However, elements still need to be explored in more detail regarding the conditions for triggering emergency assistance and caring for the young boy after his fall.”, concludes the ARS. The health authority indicated that it had seized the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS).
If the conclusions of the administrative investigation are made public, the judicial aspect is still ongoing. Indeed, an investigation into manslaughter was opened by the Nantes public prosecutor’s office. According to the autopsy results, “the death of the young man was the result of craniocerebral traumaindicated Renaud Gaudeul, public prosecutor of Nantes, in The world. We currently have no evidence to indicate that the vaccine product itself was the cause of death.”
