JAKARTA - When Ms Ratih Susilawati’s 11-month-old daughter developed a fever after vaccination on Sept 7, 2022, she thought it would subside with medication as it had in the past.
The defendants include drug makers - East Java-based PT Afi Farma and North Sumatra-based PT Universal Pharmaceutical Industries - the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency and the Health Ministry.Nineteen children of the plaintiffs had died from acute kidney injuries, while six who survived have struggled with various conditions from paralysis to nerve injuries.
“The two companies are the ones that committed crime by mixing or using the toxic chemicals, so we are asking for them to be held accountable,” he told“BPOM is negligent by not establishing standards to examine such toxic chemicals in drug manufacturing. It must adopt the standards in other countries. The negligence caused the deaths of the children.”