MMR vaccine victim wins GBP 90k in compensation

01/09/2010

GBP 90,000 has been awarded to a woman whose son suffered severe brain damage after he was given the controversial combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as a baby.

The brain damage Robert Fletcher, now 18, sustained after receiving the jab has left him unable to talk, stand unaided or feed himself.

He also suffers from frequent epileptic fits and has to rely on his parents for round-the-clock care.

The Department of Health has always denied links between the vaccine and Robert's disability, but a medical assessment panel consisting of two doctors and a barrister has now concluded that MMR was indeed to blame.

His mother Jackie Fletcher said: "The money is a derisory amount, though it will help with making adaptations to the house for Robert's benefit. What matters is the recognition that MMR was the reason this happened."

The South Wales Argus recently reported that the parents of a girl who is disabled having being starved of oxygen at birth had made a compensation claim against the NHS.

Posted by Wayne Weir

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