Overview
- A 16- to 17-year-old girl, identified as Shravani Anil Patil, collapsed and later died after receiving a tetanus-diphtheria (Td) dose at a Nashik municipal vaccination camp, with police registering an accidental death report.
- Authorities completed a post-mortem and have preserved viscera samples and the vaccine vial for chemical and forensic testing to establish cause of death.
- Health officials say the same vial supplied multiple doses and other recipients reported no symptoms, and an external Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) team has been deployed to investigate further.
- The girl’s family has blamed the vaccine and demanded a transparent probe, and officials have temporarily halted use of the implicated batch in Nashik while awaiting lab and expert findings.
- Td vaccination is part of India’s National Immunisation Programme and is widely used for adolescents and pregnant women, so investigators say the forthcoming lab results will be crucial for both legal outcomes and local vaccine confidence.