A 91-year-old man in Ohio went into shock after he accidentally received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in one day, according to the press.
The man, Victor Smith, received his first chance on January 22; but then he got tired of the shot – a known side effect – and suffered a fall, according to local media WLWT. Smith, who is amputated, was hospitalized and then transferred to Jamestowne Rehabilitation, a rehabilitation clinic in Hamilton, Ohio.
On February 25, Smith was still in rehab when he was due to receive his second injection at a county vaccination site.
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“They transported him to get his chance, and when he came back, I talked to him, he was good,” his daughter Dawn Smith Theodore told WLWT.
That same day, patients at his rehab clinic were also being vaccinated. There was confusion among patients with similar names at the rehab clinic, and Smith received another dose of the COVID-19 vaccine – his third – just four hours after the second, according to Newsweek. (The COVID-19 vaccination schedule for mRNA vaccines requires only two doses of the vaccine administered three or four weeks apart.)
“I think a city fireman came in [to the rehabilitation facility] and said they have a chance for Victor, and the nurse said ‘Victor Smith?’ and he said ‘Yes’, so they gave him the room number “where her father was, Theodore said.” My dad said, ‘I got two shots.’ ”
After the third dose, Smith’s body went into shock and he developed low blood pressure. “They told me he would not survive,” said Theodore.
But, fortunately, Smith’s condition has improved and he is now recovering well, WLWT reported.
In a statement to WLWT, the city of Hamilton and Community First Solutions, which operates the Jamestowne facility, said: “An incident occurred in which a resident of the city of Hamilton inadvertently received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on the same day. .. Jamestowne team recognized the patient’s signs of distress and responded immediately. “Jamestowne and the county fire department, which administers vaccines for the facility, are investigating the incident, the statement said. “Our thoughts are with the patient and his family as he continues his recovery.”
Originally published on Live Science.