UP ward boy dies day after getting inoculated

Mahipal Singh, 46, got vaccinated on Saturday and died the next day. The official ruled out the possibility of vaccine link in the death.

Mahipal Singh, 46, who worked as a ward boy at the district hospital in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh, received first dose of Covishield on Saturday. He died the next day following complaints of "breathlessness and unease, especially in the chest." Dr M C Garg,Chief Medical Officer said, "He had worked the night shift after vaccination and we don't think the death is due to any side effect of the vaccine. However, we are trying to verify the exact reason of death."

The body was sent for autopsy which mentioned the reason of death as "cardiogenic shock/septicemic shock" due to "cardio-pulmonary disease", according to the Uttar Pradesh government, NDTV reported. The panel included Dr Shasi Bhushan, medical officer, CHC Moodhapandey, Dr Nirmal Ojha radiologist, district hospital Moradabad and Dr R P Mishra, radiologist, district women hospital Moradabad, as reported by The Times of India.

In the postmortem report, Mahipal's death was not linked to the side effects of the vaccine. The panel found "pus pockets in both the lungs" and mentioned that the "cardiac muscles had visibly degenerated." They have taken samples of lung, heart, blood and also preserved lung viscera in order to conduct more tests.

Mahipal's son, Vishal told the media that his father was not doing well after the vaccination. So he had asked him to pick him up from the hospital. "I reached there at around 1:30 pm and his condition had already worsened. He was short of breath. Some days ago, maybe a fortnight, I think he had mild fever," he said. He added that when he was out for work, his father's condition worsened and he was taken to the hospital where he was declared dead.