Kill or cure: Vaccines in China

Profile: Dong Zixin, female, born in Shangqiu city, Henan province on May 4, 2009.

Vaccine: A Meningococcal Vaccine

In May 2009, Dong's birth brought great joy to the family. Seven months later she was vaccinated against meningitis, but soon developed complications. On the same day, she got a fever and later went into convulsions.

A few days later, the doctor told them the child had untreatable irreversible cerebral lesions. The family was awarded compensation of 300,000 yuan.