GUJ SANITATION WORKER DIES HOURS AFTER GETTING COVID VACCINE SHOT

AHMEDABAD: A 30-year-old sanitation worker died around two hours after being administered a coronavirus vaccine in Gujarat’s Vadodara on Sunday, following which authorities ordered a postmortem to ascertain the cause of his death, officials said.

While the family members of the deceased said they suspect that the Covid-19 vaccine was the reason behind his death, officials said he might have died due to a heart attack as he had a history of heart disease since 2016 and was not taking medicines.

Jignesh Solanki was a sanitation worker at the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC).

He was vaccinated on Sunday morning. Solanki’s wife Divya said, “I had no idea that he was going to be vaccinated. After getting vaccinated, he returned home, but fainted while playing with our daughter. We suspect that his sudden death was caused due to the vaccination.”

Medical Superintendent of SSG Hospital Dr Ranjan Aiyer said Solanki was administered the Covid-19 vaccine at a booth set up by the civic body, following which he was monitored for half an hour. He was declared brought dead at the SSG Hospital, Aiyer said. “It is possible that he died due to heart attack as he had a history of heart disease. We will conduct his panel postmortem to ascertain the exact cause of death.”

VMC’S medical officer of health Dr Devesh Patel said the postmortem report is awaited. “The patient had a history of heart disease since 2016. His heart was weak, but he was not taking medicines, as his relatives told us,” he said.