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A 49-year-old woman, in Kerala’s Kozhikode, received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine shot on the same day. She developed severe fever and uneasiness after getting vaccinated. Her family has alleged negligence on the part of a government hospital. The woman was admitted in hospital on Sunday and was discharged on Tuesday.
On March 12, Praseetha who works at a private eye hospital in Kozhikode went to the Government General Hospital in Kozhikode, to get her first dose of the vaccine.
"According to my mother, after getting vaccinated, she was sitting in the vaccination room and was rubbing the spot where the vaccine was given with some cotton. Suddenly, the same nurse who injected her came and gave her another shot without asking anything. Since my mother was not aware that two doses should have a gap of 28 days, she did not object," Praseetha's son said. However he said that she asked the nurse whether everyone will be getting two shots. "It was only then that the nurse understood that my mother was vaccinated twice," he added.
Arun alleges that the incident was not reported to any higher-ups and that his mother was allowed to leave and go home. But after coming home, she started to develop a fever the same day. "By Saturday night, the fever was severe and she developed breathlessness and chest pain. We immediately informed the health officials. The next day they sent an ambulance and my mother got admitted to the same hospital," he said.
After being admitted in the hospital for two days, Praseetha was discharged on Tuesday. According to her family, she was also moved to the intensive care unit while in the hospital. "Now she is better, but is very weak," her son said.
"As per the information we received from the hospital, the group of people who came along with the woman to get vaccinated, were wearing white coats. After getting their first shot, Praseetha had gone out of the room, but she again came back and sat inside. The duty nurse inside the vaccine room does not check names usually, as that is verified by another nurse sitting outside the vaccine room," an officer of the District Medical Officer (DMO) office in Kozhikode said. Praseetha and her coworkers were wearing white coats as they worked at an eye hospital and had come together for their vaccine.
The officials said that the woman was admitted to an intensive care unit only for observation and that she does not have any complications. They also confirmed that the woman was given the Covishield vaccine.
Meanwhile, the family stated that they have filed a complaint with the DMO, but is yet to get a positive response.
According to the direction of the Union Health Ministry, the COVID-19 vaccination is taken in two doses and there should be a gap of 28 days between the first and the second dose. Protective levels of antibodies usually develop in a vaccinated individual two weeks after receiving the second dose of the vaccine.
Source: thenewsminute.com
Written by Siddhant Sharma
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