Copenhagen foreign correspondent Malcolm Brabant had a yellow fever vaccine . 24 hours later he had been reduced to a sweating , shivering wreck . Had a fever for two weeks then psychosis : ' I went completely bonkers ' Spent two years in and out of mental institutions , unable to work . Even attempted suicide , but has fortunately made a full recovery .
BBC foreign correspondent Malcolm Brabant had a yellow fever vaccine . 24 hours later he had been reduced to a sweating , shivering wreck . Had a fever for two weeks then psychosis : ' I went completely bonkers ' Spent two years in and out of mental institutions , unable to work . Even attempted suicide , but has fortunately made a full recovery .