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| Pupils at three Birmingham schools have been given an overdose of the MMR vaccine, health chiefs have confirmed. | Pupils at three Birmingham schools have been given an overdose of the MMR vaccine, health chiefs have confirmed. |
| Ninety-three children at the Holyhead School in Handsworth, Aston Manor School and King Edward III School, both in Aston, were affected. | Ninety-three children at the Holyhead School in Handsworth, Aston Manor School and King Edward III School, both in Aston, were affected. |
| They were given the vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella after receiving the recommended two doses. | They were given the vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella after receiving the recommended two doses. |
| The Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust said it had written to parents and the dosage would not be harmful. | The Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust said it had written to parents and the dosage would not be harmful. |
| Third dosage | |
| During April and May the PCT offered doses pupils who had missed the second dose of the vaccine. | |
| It has since emerged that some 14 and 15-year-olds signed up for a third dosage by accident. | |
| A spokesman for the PCT said: "On checking our records, it appeared that 93 of those whose parents took up the invitation had already received their second vaccine. | |
| "We have written to the parents of those children as it is right that they should be made aware of this - and we can assure them that the additional immunisation does not pose any risk to their child." |