Tension gripped the Balimunda panchayat under Basudevpur block in Bhadrak district after the death of a three-month-old baby girl, allegedly just a few hours after receiving a vaccination at a local Anganwadi Centre on Tuesday.

According to reports, the infant, daughter of Raja Ram Jena from Balimunda village, was administered routine immunization at the Anganwadi Centre on Monday. A few hours later, her parents noticed that the child’s condition had deteriorated. The baby was immediately rushed to Basudevpur Medical Centre for treatment, but doctors declared her dead on arrival.

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“She got a fever soon after she was administered polio. We have not given her any other medicine. At around 10 pm, her mother brea

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