CORPORATE OFFICE
Level 1
32 Oxford Terrace
Telephone: 0064 3 364 4134
Christchurch Central
[email address];
CHRISTCHURCH 8011
24 December 2021
Brian Sandle
Email: [FYI request #18015 email]
Dear Brian
RE Official information request CDHB 10786
I refer to your email dated 21 December 2021 requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act from Canterbury DHB. Specifically:
•
Given that it may be stored for two years was the Sabin oral polio vaccine used in Christchurch
in 1964 sourced from Europe through USA, direct from USA or direct from Europe?
The Canterbury DHB has searched its Pathology and Laboratories records, including the immunisation
handbook and we can find no reference to the sourcing of the Sabin oral polio vaccine used in
Christchurch in 1964. We are therefore declining your request pursuant to section 18(g) of the Official
Information Act i.e. we do not hold this information.
We suggest you might like to contact the Ministry of Health.
You may, under section 28(3) of the Official Information Act, seek a review of our decision to withhold
information by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz; or Freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Ralph La Salle
Senior Manager, OIAs
Planning, Funding & Decision Support
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