1 October 2018 - A vaccine could have saved 18-year-old Jack Klemich from the meningococcal B disease that suddenly took his life nine years ago.

For his dad, Oren Klemich, the South Australian government’s new free vaccination program — an Australian first — is “$31 million brilliantly spent”.

“This is saving lives and this is going to save a lot of heartache,” he said on Monday — the first day babies and children under four years old had access to the free immunisations.

The program will save parents up to $500 per child and is expected to prevent an average of 12 cases of meningococcal B each year.

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