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– Victor Smith, 91, was in a rehab facility in Ohio when his appointment for a second injection of the coronavirus vaccine was scheduled on January 25. He was taken to a county and returned, reports Live Science. “When he came back, I talked to him, he was good,” said his daughter, Dawn Smith Theodore. It was vaccination day at the rehab center too, and a fireman came up a little later and said he had a dose for Victor. “The nurse said ‘Victor Smith?’ and he said, ‘Yes,’ so they gave him the room number, “said his daughter. But the dose should go to another Victor at the clinic, by WGCL.” I have two vaccinations, “said Smith to the daughter. second shot, Smith’s blood pressure dropped and he went into shock. “They told me he wouldn’t survive,” said Theodore.
But his father recovered. Smith had given his first chance three days earlier; doses should be administered weeks apart. The city of Hamilton said the rehabilitation center and the fire department, which handles vaccines at the clinic, are investigating, according to the WLWT. Nobody said what brand of vaccine Smith received. In Australia, two patients, aged 88 to 94, received up to four times the recommended dose of the Pfizer vaccine last month, via ABC. They have also recovered. Experts attributed the error to the vaccine in multidose vials; Australian healthcare professionals are used to vaccines in single-dose containers. The doctor who gave the injections did not have the necessary training. (Read more coronavirus vaccine stories.)