After the Taipei High Administrative Court ruled that the ministry of health must offer compensation to the girl, referred to by the pseudonym, "Bella," who experienced pain in her body and was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis about a week after receiving a second dose of the HPV vaccine, at least 8 other victims have stepped out with similar reactions. Legislators and a Women's group thus held a conjoint press conference to call on the government to face this issue.


Wearing a white hat with a black face mask, this is Penny's mother. Her daughter, Penny, who is in her first year of junior high school received the second dose of the Human papillomavirus or HPV vaccine in May. However, following the vaccine, she experienced pain in her joints. Initially, everyone thought it was probably due to sports injuries or growth pains, but in the end it was diagnosed as juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and she has to be on medication for the rest of her life.

Even the doctors said that it could be from too much exercise or it is growth pains, and told me not to worry. But as a parent, can you imagine, if your kid cannot walk, how can one not be worried?

Celine also experienced pains following her HPV vaccine shot. Her mother said that her daughter was active in sports and had no history of related illnesses, but now she has to take up to nine steroid pills to be able to relieve the pain.

Originally she was an athlete in running and long jump, and she had represented her school to participate in contests whereby she received favorable results. Now her condition is starkly different. As parents, we find that hard to accept.

This April, the Taipei High Administrative Court ruled that the Ministry of Health must compensate a teenage girl over an adverse reaction after receiving doses of the HPV vaccine. Since then, more and more similar cases surfaced into the light. Currently, there are a total of eight cases.Women's groups and legislators are now calling on the government to deal with this issue seriously, while the vaccine notices issued by the Department of Health also contained information on the adverse side effects of the vaccine.

Even if there are very safe vaccines, there will still be some adverse side effects. The government needs to establish relevant relief systems.

I promise I will examine the user manual as soon as possible and make sure that it has the correct information disclosure.

The Health Promotion Administration said that they will amend the HPV Vaccine user manuals to alert parents of possible adverse side effects. Furthermore, they have set up dedicated phone lines to provide assistance and counsel to parents with problems related to HPV vaccines. It will also soon initiate a research project to look into the cases with adverse side effects.



戴白帽、黑口罩的是PENNY媽媽，她就讀國一的女兒，在今年五月施打了第二劑「人類乳突病毒疫苗」、簡稱HPV疫苗後，身體多處關節出現疼痛，剛開始以為是成長痛或運動傷害，奔波於多家醫療院所、最後才確診為「幼年型類風濕性關節炎」，必須終生服藥。

HPV受害家屬 PENNY媽媽表示：「甚至醫生都跟我說，有可能是運動過度，成長痛，叫我不要擔心，可是身為一個父母，你想，你的小孩子沒有辦法走路，這種事情，誰會不擔心呢？」

同樣也是打完HPV疫苗後，出現不良反應的、還有CELINE，她媽媽說，女兒原本是運動健將，也沒有相關病史，但現在每天必須服用9顆類固醇藥物，才能止痛，讓做父母的、既心疼又自責。

HPV受害家屬 CELINE媽媽表示：「原本她是跑步跳遠的田徑選手，她代表學校參加比賽，都有不錯的成績，那現在的狀況就是落差非常大，那為人父母的我們，其實是非常難以接受。」

今年四月，國內第一起、疑似HPV疫苗，引發自體免疫疾病，BELLA的案例、經台北高等行政法院判決、部分勝訴後，有越來越多「痛痛女孩」站出來，累計已有8名個案，婦女團體和立委呼籲政府應正視這個問題，而且衛生局發給家長的施打說明書，也應有不良反應告知和提醒。

民進黨立委 林淑芬表示：「即便很安全的疫苗，仍然會有不良反應，而政府必須要建立這種救濟制度。」

國健署副署長 賈淑麗表示：「我承諾我會在最快的時間裡面，來檢視這個說明書，應該正確的訊息揭露，我一定會做到。」

對此國健署強調，會修改HPV施打說明書，提醒家長注意，另外也已啟動HPV不良反應通報專線，提供家長諮詢和服務，近期會針對這些不良反應個案，啟動本土性研究。