Troy said the nurse - a Department of Health employee - tried to get her to sign a consent form, after the fact.

"The Health Department does not expect any future adverse medical effects for these children, but we are working to determine how this misstep occurred," said spokeswoman Jessica Scaperotti.

"We will develop additional safeguards to prevent similar instances in the future."

She added that the vaccine is safe for kids suffering from epilepsy.

Originally posted by SoLittleTimeToRead

"The Health Department does not expect any future adverse medical effects for these children, but we are working to determine how this misstep occurred," said spokeswoman Jessica Scaperotti.

"We will develop additional safeguards to prevent similar instances in the future."

She added that the vaccine is safe for kids suffering from epilepsy.

I have been thinking that we would start seeing this and more incidents like this in the near future. It said less than half of the parents didn't sign the permission slips to let their kids get the shots, so WHO is going to stand over there through this whole fiasco to make sure the teachers and DHS nurses are doing their jobs properly?? It seems that at least half of the parents present themselves as being more educated than the school officials and the nurses!! Complete idiocy!! Fearful situation for all parents who have kids in school.

[edit on 2-11-2009 by SoLittleTimeToRead]

Originally posted by Jessicamsa

"School nurses mistakenly gave the swine flu vaccine to two students who didn't sign up for it - including a Brooklyn girl with epilepsy who wound up in the hospital.

"I was outraged," Naomi Troy, 26, told the Daily News after her 6-year-old daughter, Nikiyah Torres-Pierre, had a possible allergic reaction to the shot.

Officials at Public School 335 in Crown Heights called an ambulance to take Nikiyah to SUNY Downstate Medical Center when she fell ill following the arm jab. "