75-yr-old man dies 4 hrs after taking vax in H’bag

Hazaribag: A 75-year-old man died in his sleep almost four hours after taking the second dose of the Covishield vaccine on Friday night, his family members said.
The incident took place in Galhobar panchayat under the Bishnugarh police station area of Hazaribag district and the deceased has been identified as Naimuddin Ansari.
Deputy commissioner Aditya Kumar Anand, however, said his death wasn’t caused by the vaccine. “We got the post mortem report today (Saturday) and prima facie it appears that he died from some other ailment,” he said.
District civil surgeon Dr Sanjay Jaiswal said, “Although it is true that he died four-and-a-half hours after taking the jab, he was suffering from hypertension and heart ailments. Since this incident was the first of its kind in Hazaribag, we conducted an autopsy as per the DC’s directive and to rule out any doubt, we have sent his viscera to a forensic laboratory in Ranchi for further investigation.”
He added, “There were many people who took the jab at the vaccine camp in Galhobar and they all are fine.”
The relatives of the deceased have claimed that Ansari was fine on Friday morning and had even gone to the market for shopping. Later in the day, he went for his second dose of the vaccine and died four hours later.
Anand said Ansari took his first dose on March 23 and he did not complain of any problems and was fine. “So far, three lakh persons, including senior citizens, have taken the shot in Hazaribag and not a single vaccine-related death has been reported,” he added.