Singapore woman who died a day after Covid jab had heart failure – no vaccine link: coroner

A Singapore Coroner’s Inquiry into the death of a 72-year-old woman who died a day after taking her first Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination shot has concluded that her death was the result of coronary heart failure and not the vaccine.

The findings into Chan Yoke Chew’s death were presented by Coroner Christopher Goh on July 25.

Chan’s family were understandably concerned that the administration of the vaccine somehow caused her death, but the medical reports indicated this was not the case, he said.

Sometime after 2pm on June 3, 2021, Chan took her first Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination shot.

The court heard that she was observed to be well, and did not complain of any pain that day.

The next day, however, Chan complained of a slight pain and soreness on her arm where she had been injected.

She did not complain of having fever or any other illness, and was otherwise observed to be well for the rest of the afternoon

At about 7.45pm on June 4, her husband called out to her after noticing that she had been in the toilet for 15 minutes, but he did not get a response.

He then opened the toilet door and found her lying motionless on the floor.

Unable to rouse her, he called for an ambulance.

Paramedics from the Singapore Civil Defence Force arrived at about 8.03pm.

The paramedics observed that Chan had no pulse and was not breathing, though no visible injuries were noted.

They then carried out manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation and administered three shots of intravenous adrenaline.

At about 8.20pm, Chan was taken by ambulance to Sengkang General Hospital.

Chan was attended to by medical staff upon arrival at the hospital’s department of emergency medicine, where staff made futile attempts to resuscitate her.

At 8.52pm, the hospital team made a