IRELAND
Irish Independent
Chris Donoghue
Published 12/06/2014
One of the doctors behind a clinical drug trial at five mother and baby homes says he is willing to travel to Ireland to be interviewed by the upcoming government inquiry into the establishments.
Canada-based Dr Alex Kanarek (84) has told the Irish Independent that he will co-operate with any inquiry – but he wants business-class flights if he has to travel to Dublin.
He confirmed to the Irish Independent that he manufactured a vaccine given to 58 children in 1960. Speaking from his home in Toronto, the retired doctor said: “My role was to prepare the polio vaccine combinations that were used.”
This specific trial involved testing a 3-in-1 and a 4-in-1 vaccine on 25 children at Bessborough House in Cork, 14 children at St Patrick’s in Dublin, six children at St Peter’s in Westmeath, four children at St Clare’s in Stamullen, and nine children at the Good Shepherd in Meath.
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