After receiving a complaint from a Cuyo clinic, the Mendoza Justice Ministry stepped in to force a newborn to be vaccinated against a family that refused to comply with the mandatory vaccination schedule.
The baby was born on Wednesday, September 13, at a major private maternity hospital in Mendoza. The newborn’s parents argued that they did not want him to receive two mandatory vaccines: hepatitis B and tuberculosis (BCG) within 12 hours of birth.
In this case, Cuyo Clinic decided to file a complaint with the Ministry of Justice. In this way, Judge Rebeca Natalia Ropero had to intervene and order the vaccination of minors, and if necessary, use public force to ensure that the children are vaccinated.
The parents were therefore forced to abandon their initial stance and on Friday afternoon agreed to have their son vaccinated against hepatitis B, which must be administered within 12 hours of birth, and tuberculosis (BCG), which must be administered within 12 hours of birth . Before leaving the delivery room.
also, The Family Court and the Interdisciplinary Technical Team (ETI) are also working simultaneously to contain the family.originally from the city of Las Heras.
If a baby is not vaccinated, the right to health is violated, as stipulated in Article 119 of Law No. 9099 of the Violation Act.. One of the points of the article states: “Parents, guardians, guardians or guardians who do not fulfill the obligation to receive compulsory vaccinations for children or minors as set out in the National Calendar (Law No. 22,909) shall be subject to a penalty of two hundred (200) UF to A fine of eight hundred (800) UF or five (5) days of arrest, or the equivalent of a person engaged in community work in a public care center or hospital for minors.”
“Health service providers (public or private) and any public agency or official who becomes aware of a violation of a minor’s right to vaccination must notify the local administration of the situation. Anyone who neglects to notify will be subject to double penalties. In the previous paragraph.”added to the article.
All vaccines included in the national calendar are compulsory, free and do not require medical advice, regardless of the stage of life, since a certain dose is required from birth to adulthood.
In the first year of life, the vaccination schedule includes doses of: rotavirus, pentavirus, IPV, conjugated pneumococcal, meningococcal, influenza, triple virus, and hepatitis A.