Busia children continue to suffer after malaria injection gone awry

Mathew Edajai shows affected leg of Chrispus Osiya pupil of Adanya primary school on March 24, 2016. The boy was among 20 children who were paralyzed following a routine malaria injection at a dispensary run by the county government in Teso, Busia county. [Photo/BENJAMIN SAKWA/Standard]

Ten of the 28 children who were paralysed after receiving injections at Akichelesit Dispensary in Busia County have now developed more health complications.

Parents yesterday recounted how the health of their children had deteriorated after they failed to get treatment from public hospitals.