It makes no sense for the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) to continue performing autopsies on suspected Dengvaxia victims, Doctors for Public Welfare (DPW) said on Saturday.
The group, led by former Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral, said a clinical review conducted by Philippine General Hospital (PGH) forensic pathologists on 14 dead children has determined that the deaths were not linked to the anti-dengue vaccine.
“In fact, the deaths of 13 of them were totally unrelated to the vaccine,” the DPW said in a statement.