COURT RULES MOHW TO PAY CLAIMED VACCINE VICTIM'S PARENTS|接種流感疫苗後死亡 衛福部需賠208萬

To vaccinate or not, that's one of the most important decisions parents have to make. A young student in Chiayi died in Sepsis in 2012, That's three years after he received a flu vaccination. His parents believed that their son died of the side effects and claimed vaccine injury compensation, which was rejected by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. However, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled that, since the possibility that it could not be ruled out that the two incidents are related, the ministry must award the parents NT$2.09 million in compensation. Looking at their son's room, Mr. and Mrs. Chen remain in sorrow. Eight years ago their son had H1N1 vaccine shot in school, but two year later he died from acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and septicemia. ==MRS. CHEN, mother of Chen Wei-hung (2016.05.18)== His belongings evoke my memories of him. My two younger sisters feel so sad when they see me missing my son, they keep telling me to let go. How could I let go of him? My son simply got a vaccine shot and resulted to his death. Mr. and Mrs. Chen requested the Ministry of Health and Welfare to issue them compensation. Supreme Administrative Court ruled, there was no way to completely eliminate all factors of vaccine shot associated with Chen's death, therefore the Ministry of Health and Welfare must compensate Chens NT$2.8 million and the verdict was final. This was the first case which court overruled the ministry's refusal of issuing compensation. ==VOICE: HUANG LI-MIN Dir. of Pediatrics Dept., Nat'l Taiwan Univ. Hospital== The chance for a vaccine shot associated with death two years later is negligible. The court verdict would make people having doubts over vaccine safety. It has negative impact for a nation to promote vaccine policy. ==VOICE: CHUANG JEN-HSIANG Deputy Dir.-general, Centers for Disease Control== What we are worrying is the verdict of this case will influence people's willingness to have vaccine shots. That is a serious concern for our future disease control. The Centers of Disease Control said to comprehend the court verdict, but they urge the general public to get vaccine shots for better disease control. TRANSLATED BY: ANTHONY LIN 嘉義一名高職生陳威鴻，8年前在校接種H1N1新型流感疫苗，2年多後卻因為敗血症死亡，陳威鴻父母因而向衛福部申請救濟補償，歷經台北高等行政法院二次更審，最高行政法院認為，因為無法排除陳威鴻死因跟接種疫苗有關，判決衛福部要賠償他的父母208萬餘元，全案定讞。 看著兒子的房間，陳威鴻父母不禁再次感傷，因為八年前，兒子在校接種H1N1新型流感疫苗，兩年多後卻罹患急性瀰漫性腦脊隨炎併發敗血症死亡。 ==陳威鴻母親(2016.05.18)== 這些東西會想 都會想 我的兩個妹妹都捨不得 我這個大姊想兒子 叫我放下 怎麼放得下 一個孩子接種預防針 接種到後來治不好 陳威鴻的父母因而要求衛福部核發救濟補償，最高行政法院認定，無法排除死因和接種疫苗有關，判決衛福部必須賠償208萬餘元，全案定讞，創下法院推翻衛福部拒發救濟金的首例。 ==聲音來源:台大醫院兒科主任 黃立民== 兩年前疫苗的關係 可能性幾乎是微乎其微的 （判決)這樣子會使得民眾 對疫苗的安全性產生疑慮 很不利於國家推行疫苗政策 ==聲音來源:疾管署副署長 莊人祥== 不過我們現在擔心的是 法院對此個案的判決結果 將影響民眾接種疫苗的意願 形成未來防疫上的隱憂 疾管署表示，會了解醫學界跟法學界對判斷的落差，此外，還是呼籲民眾配合接種疫苗、以免造成防疫漏洞。 記者 朱鳳治 蔣龍祥 台北報導