"Hong Kong 01" received a complaint from a middle-aged man who had been vaccinated with Kexing vaccine in July this year. He said that he had a rash all over his body after two injections and required hospitalization. At that time, the Department of Health stated that the case would be referred to The expert committee judges the relationship with the vaccine.
However, the reporter followed up the man's condition again this month after 5 months, and then inquired with the Department of Health, only to find that the case had not been handed over to the expert committee for follow-up.
In response to enquiries this month, the Department of Health stated that after receiving reports of abnormal vaccination incidents reported by medical staff, it has contacted the reported medical staff for further information. "The case will be handed over to an expert committee for causality assessment."
In other words, five months after the incident, the Department has not yet transferred the case to the committee for evaluation.
After the reporter inquired about the reason again, the department stated that it would notify the Hospital Authority of the assessment results of the expert committee within this month.
Four days after receiving the second shot of Kexing vaccine, Mr. Li developed a rash that spread to his feet.
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Mr. Li, 46, who works as a kitchen worker, told "Hong Kong 01" in July this year that he received the second shot of Kexing vaccine on July 7. Four days later, a rash on his belly, waist and neck developed and then spread to Feet.
He went to North Lantau Hospital for medical treatment on July 15 and was transferred to the Department of Internal Medicine at Princess Margaret Hospital in the early morning of the same night. After he was injected with an anti-allergy needle, most of the rash subsided and he was discharged after a week in the hospital.
Mr. Li pointed out that he had no history of allergies and questioned whether the rash was related to the vaccine.
On July 19, the Department of Health received a report from Princess Margaret Hospital of this abnormal COVID-19 vaccination incident. At that time, it would refer it to an expert committee to determine the relationship with the vaccine.
Four days after receiving the second shot of Kexing vaccine, Mr. Li developed a rash.
(Provided by interviewee)
However, when the department replied to reporters’ enquiries on December 10, the department stated that after receiving reports of abnormal vaccination incidents reported by medical staff, the department had contacted the reported medical staff for further information, and the case would be referred to an expert committee for causal analysis. Relationship evaluation.
After completing the causality assessment of the abnormal vaccination event, the Department of Health will notify the Hospital Authority of the assessment result, and will not notify individual vaccinators.
In other words, five months after the incident, the Department has not yet transferred the case to the committee.
The reporter again inquired about the reasons why it took five months to get to the department, and failed to submit the case to the committee, and how many cases are currently waiting to be submitted to the committee.
The department replied in the middle of this month that the case has been processed and evaluated according to the existing mechanism.
In late November, the Department of Health received a notification from the third-party administrator of the COVID-19 Vaccine Abnormal Event Protection Fund that the vaccinators of the relevant cases have applied for the protection fund.
The Department of Health will notify the third-party administrator of the Security Fund and the Hospital Authority of the assessment results of the expert committee within this month.
The Princess Margaret Hospital reported the abnormal COVID-19 vaccination incident to the Department of Health on July 19, but the department only referred it to the expert committee for review five months later.
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The reporter of "Hong Kong 01" also followed up with Mr. Li's health. He said that in recent months, the right mandible was swollen and lymph nodes appeared. The largest lymph node was as large as a 5 yuan coin, which affected the ability to swallow. Saliva flowed out of the lips. After an examination at Princess Margaret Hospital, it was confirmed to have lymphoma. He doubted that the situation might have something to do with the vaccine.
A spokesperson for the Hospital Authority's Kowloon West Hospital Cluster responded that after clinical judgment, the doctor believed that the patient's lymphoma had nothing to do with the new crown vaccine, and therefore did not update the relevant case to the Department of Health.
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