A Commission of Inquiry opened in Apia today into the one year olds' deaths soon after receiving the inoculation for measles, mumps and rubella.
The hearing began with a public apology to the families and the country by the National Health Service's chief executive Palanitina Tupuimatagi Toelupe.
She told the inquiry the death of the babies had caused great sadness and deep concern to the whole health service.
