A 91-year-old Ohio amputee was shocked, collapsed and nearly died after accidentally receiving the second dose of COVID-19 Moderna vaccine twice.
According to the Cincinnati Inquirer, Victor Smith from the suburb of Cincinnati, Hamilton, received the first dose of Moderna vaccine at Fort Hamilton Hospital.
He picked up the second dose of the vaccine at the Butler County Fairgrounds on Feb. 25, his daughter, Dawn Smith-Theodore, wrote on Facebook.
According to the daughter, Smith received a vaccination card at the fair with his first name but a wrong surname.
“It turned out to be a Victor, but it was a different surname,” Smith-Theodore said.
After receiving the second dose, he was sent to the Jamestowne Rehab facility in Hamilton, which is run by Community First Solutions.
Victor Smith, 91, of the suburb of Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, accidentally received two doses of the second ingestion of the Modern COVID-19 vaccine on February 25th.
Smith received the first dose of Moderna vaccine at Fort Hamilton Hospital in January
He went to pick up the second dose of the vaccine at Butler County Fairgrounds on Feb. 25, his daughter, Dawn Smith-Theodore (pictured with her father) wrote on Facebook.
Four hours after receiving the second shot, a firefighter arrived at the facility to administer the vaccine to a man with the same first name.
“At 3:45 a firefighter came in and said they had a shot for Victor, and they said, ‘Victor Smith,’ and he said ‘yes,'” Smith-Theodore told WKRC-TV .
‘And they went to my father’s room. No one went with them.
“They were there for nine minutes and administered another Moderna vaccine.”
She added: “My father said, ‘I got two vaccines.’
Moments later, Smith-Theodore received a phone call informing her that her father was experiencing respiratory distress and was rushed to Fort Hamilton Hospital.
She said she believes her father’s life is in danger.
After receiving the second dose, he was sent to the Jamestowne Rehab facility in Hamilton, which is run by Community First Solutions.
“Yesterday when I was talking to my father and he could murmur two words – it was heartbreaking for me because I did not have my vaccine yet, so I can not see him,” said Smith-Theodore, who lives in Calabasas, California. live, said on March 1.
“I haven’t seen my father in a year.”
Fortunately, his condition has improved and he is now recovering in hospital.
“I want to see my dad get better. “I want to see that happen to no one else,” said Smith-Theodore.
The City of Hamilton and Community First Solutions issued a statement saying: ‘An incident occurred where a resident of the city of Hamilton accidentally received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on the same day.
‘The individual was a patient of Jamestowne Rehabilitation, where all vaccinations are completed by parties trained and appropriately certified, in this case the Hamilton City Fire Department.
Four hours after receiving the second shot, a firefighter entered the facility to administer the vaccine to a man with the same first name.
‘Jamestowne staff recognized the patient’s signs of distress and responded immediately.
‘The patient was transported to the hospital and the family was contacted immediately.
“Both Jamestowne and the Hamilton City Fire Department are investigating the incident.
“We think of the patient and his family as he continues his recovery.”