>Mom is a hospital employee, considered "high risk" because of the number of
>patients she is in contact with.  Baby is 20 month old (male) who is an
>extremely avid nurser (and BTW has not has his MMR as of yet).  Hospital is
>insisting mom must have MMR (citing it is state law she does.  Mom check with
>state and no such law exists that they can find!) Yet, hospital refuses to
>give her the vaccine because she is breastfeeding (citing, of all things, the
>PDR!) Mom is currently at home - hospital has put her on leave.  she will be
>terminated at month's end if this is not settled.re: MMR

Can't this lady get her MMR elsewhere and get a letter or something from
the physician to let them know she has had it?


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