In a news release, MOH said that “The Ministry of Health (MOH) is concluding its investigation of a case of a 103-year-old nursing home resident at ECON Healthcare – Chai Chee Nursing Home who was erroneously administered with a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine by a mobile vaccination team from PanCare Medical Clinic”.
THE WOMAN DIED :
The 103-year-old had previously received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine, and was erroneously given a fourth shot on 13 December 2021.
On 16 December 2021, the resident was admitted to Changi General Hospital for pneumonia and hyponatremia, and subsequently also diagnosed to have suffered a stroke. She passed away on 10 January 2022. Her death was reported to the Coroner, who ordered an autopsy to be conducted, MOH said in a release.
AUTOSPY :
According to the press release, the autopsy found that the main cause of death was pneumonia, with other contributing factors being cerebral infarction (or stroke) and coronary artery disease, which are natural disease processes common in seniors.
The Coroner has not determined whether these causes of death were linked to the vaccination.
PROCESS REVIEW TO AVOID RECURRENCE
The ECON Healthcare Group and PanCare Medical Clinic have co-funded the resident’s hospital bill as a goodwill gesture and the group has also been in contact with the resident’s family to render support to them. Both ECON Healthcare and PanCare Medical Clinic have reviewed their processes to prevent a recurrence, MOH added.
MOH also said that they have also reminded all mobile vaccination teams to perform independent identity verification and authentication before administering any vaccination.
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