A fresh case of foetus death related to the government's national vaccination programme for type A (H1N1) influenza emerged this week in Chumphon's Lang Suan district.

The mother lodged a criminal complaint with police.

The Public Health Ministry's Epidemiology Bureau is investigating, and results will be known next week, said Dr Praphas Jittrasirinuwat, chief of the provincial publichealth office.

Sathit Sirisomboon, father of the six-month-old foetus, said he and his wife, Wannee, who herself narrowly escaped death from the trauma, were devastated.

The 7.5kilogram foetus was reportedly healthy and showed no signs of disease or birth defects that would have caused a miscarriage.

-The Nation/ANN