Doctor saves students from Dengvaxia menace

By Belly M. Otordoz

Feb 01, 2018 12:02 am

CANDELARIA, Quezon: This small town doctor’s refusal to inoculate school children with Dengvaxia has paid off.

Municipal doctor Clemente Alcala defied the Department of Health (DoH) directive to give Dengvaxia vaccine to elementary school pupils, saying he doubted its supposedly positive effects on recipients.

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