Harbin - A total of 17 measles-plagued babies were injected with expired medicine in a hospital in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, local health authorities said on Wednesday.

According to a release from the Harbin public health bureau, the babies have all been examined by doctors, who determined that they did not suffer any adverse reactions.

Qu Naifang, deputy director of the Harbin Hospital for Infectious Diseases, pledged to be accountable for the incident.