56-year-old health worker dies week after immunisation

Sumedha Sharma
Tribune News Service
Gurugram, January 22

Sending the front line warriors of the district undergoing Covid immunisation into panic, a 56-year-old health worker immunised on January 16 died suddenly on Friday.

Rajwanti, a health worker in Bhangrola PHC, died today morning without any evident reason. The family has held immunisation as the reason behind the same and the authorities have ordered post-mortem while Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) committee has started investigation.

“We have reported the death to the concerned authorities. So far no sign or symptom has been reported to ascertain cause of the death. We are waiting for a post-mortem report,” said CMO Dr Virender Yadav.

Speaking to The Tribune, the deceased’s husband Lal Singh said that when she slept at night she was fine but never woke up.

“We are shocked. She got the injection on 16th and was fine and attending duty. She has no co-morbidity like cardiac or diabetes. We had dinner yesterday and she slept. She did not wake up at her usual time today and when we checked we found her dead,” Singh said.

The family has alleged that she was reluctant to get vaccinated and wanted to get the same only in second or third round but was asked to get it as she was already registered.

“She was reluctant to go for the same in first round but they told her that now after being registered there is no turning back. She was a Covid warrior who did not take even a single leave in entire crisis and died owing to vaccination. We have got no call from any official since morning,” added Singh.