S. Nagamuthu, J.

The "Dinamalar" a Tamil Daily Newspaper in its Issue dated 21.03.2017, carried a news item under the title ""Contusion caused by immunisation injection resulted in a cancerous growth - A child aged 6 years struggles for life without treatment.

2. According to the news, the male child - Anbarasan, aged 6 years", was given immunisation injection in a Government Institution when he was hardly 6 months old. His father - Mr. M. Radhakrishnan, aged 28 years, mother - Mrs. Suseela, aged 24 years, are construction labourers and they live in utter poverty. They are residents of Komarapalayam - Malaiyadipudhur village, Sathyamangalam Taluk, Erode District. It is further seen in the news item that after the immunisation was given, there developed a contusion at the situs of injection on the right thigh. They were initially told by the Doctors that in due course, it would dissolve. But, it did not occur. Instead, it grew into a big size mass on the thigh. The doctors diagnosed the same as a cancerous growth. A photograph of the child with balloon like right thigh also appeared in the news paper. The weight of the cancerous mass alone was roughly around 3 Kgs. The poor par