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Spain Launches Probe as Expired Vaccines Given to 253 Children

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Basque health minister apologises, says expired vaccines pose no risk to 253 patients affected, mostly children.

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Alberto Martínez admits that the negligence with out-of-time vials grows, adding to the previous irregularity suffered by 253 patients.

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The Basque Health Service has been warned of two other expired vaccines, a tetravalent and a triple viral, which could have received up to 78 people, has confirmed the department of counselor Alberto Martínez, who has announced the creation of a committee to investigate what happened. "We can't allow these mistakes," he said.In an appearance before the media this Thursday, hours after the announcement that the Prosecutor's Office launched the pr…

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On Thursday, the Basque Government's Health Advisor Alberto Martínez acknowledged that Osakidetza (the Basque health system) inoculated doses of two other expired vaccines to patients. It is the tetravalent and triple viral vaccine, with 49 and 29 potential patients affected respectively. These would add to the 253 people vaccinated with expired hexavalent valexis that initially recognized Basque Health, after the case was heard on Tuesday throu…

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Prosecutor's Office opens 103-dose administration investigation with expired date of validity, the vast majority of which is for babies

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The parliamentary spokesman of the Sumar Group, Jon Hernández, has demanded that the Basque Health Councillor, Alberto Martínez, and Osakidetza’s management “make explanations and assume responsibilities” after the administration of expired vaccines to several hundred people, stressing that “the responsibility cannot fall on the workers.” The seriousness of the health error is undeniable, but it reflects a worrying pattern: politicians seem to b…

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Eldiario.es broke the news in Spain on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
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