Girl Mistakenly Given Swine Flu Vaccine Went To ER

Nikiyah Torres

Now it turns out that one of the public school students given the swine flu vaccine without parental consent had to go to the emergency room after getting sick. Six-year-old Nikiyah Torres, who suffers from epilepsy (her parents had been waiting to see what their family doctor said about the swine flu vaccine) told WCBS 2, "He just gave me the needle, without asking me what is my name."

The little girl told the Daily News, "My stomach was hurting, and I was itching," and was taken to the hospital from her school, PS 335 in Brooklyn. According to the News, "When the nurse called for a student Thursday morning, Nikiyah's teacher misunderstood and sent the wrong student, [NIkyah's mother Naomi] Troy said. The error was compounded when the nurse didn't check Nikiyah's name before sticking her in the shoulder."

When the nurse realized what happened, the school called Troy to appear—and the nurse asked her to sign the consent form even though the shot was already given to her daughter. Troy fumed to WCBS 2, "He knew he was in big trouble and he wanted to cover himself."

The News also reports that a third child was given the swine flu vaccine without consent, prompting the nurses' union to say "I told you so" because it had warned about problems with making school nurses responsible for this: "We don't like it when we're right, because usually when we're right someone does get hurt somewhere along the way."

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By Jen Chung in News on October 31, 2009 5:10 PM

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potsmoker

i suggest you look up the story of Joseph Moshe called the white house bomber who had a big standoff with police recently...turns out he wasnt a bomber he was a scientist who threatened to blow the lid on Baxter and their swine flu vaccine & weapons research in the Ukraine, guess what...

Ukraine now has a giant swine flu outbreak,

almost half a million infected,thousands hospitalized and almost a hundred dead. strange coincidence?

dr. Moshe was deported and not charged with any crime? thats strange also?

Acrobat

yourmother,

many organizations and clinics have the vaccine.

got them this week in Manhattan at the Phillips/Hillard clinic on 16th street off union square

interlard

Seriously: expecting a nurse to check a name? Gee-wiz. What next? Expecting them to know dick about health issues? Wow. And does this moron still have a job? Of course they do, the union made sure of that. Welcome to America. Please remember to shove your head up your ass or you'll be really upset by what you see. WTF is wrong with these people?? How hard can it be? I always assumed home-schoolers were bigots but now I see their point.

youngpro

best thing to ever happen to her. she has yet to even PROVE the vaccine will have an adverse affect on her epilepsy or the drugs she takes for it. what you don;t know is that the kid wasn't even sick; her mother made her to go to the e.r. so that she could later say 'she was so sick she had to go to the e.r.' and use that in her lawsuit. just another lawsuit happy mother looking out for her own interests. taxpayers are the victims here.

yourmother

I'll take the swine flu vaccine for my kids if someone doesn't want it. I can't find the regular vaccine or get on a waiting list for the H1N1 vaccine. I'm writing down that kid's school. Would they notice that a kid is sneaking in?

freddynyc

Best thing to ever have happened to her - now she's set for life...

Dwayne Hoover

Obviously expecting a school nurse to be able to read a name and verify a child's identity is asking far too much. I'm glad we don't trust them with other important things, like being responsible for kid's health!