Man Lodges Police Report Over Empty Covid 19 Vaccine Syringe

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A resident in Kapar, Klang has lodged a police report after he found out that he was given an “empty shot” of the Covid-19 vaccine at Banting Hospital yesterday.
Speaking to Malaysiakini, Simon Ng said he went for his Pfizer vaccination appointment at the hospital at 11am and claimed that there were many syringes containing liquids on a table at the injection booth.
He also claimed that the medical officer asked him not to look at his arm while being injected, but he managed to record the injection process with his mobile phone.
He said he did not feel any injection pain and felt the process was done extremely fast.
"I felt very uneasy after I came out. I have four children who cannot be vaccinated, and they must rely on us to protect them. If I bring the virus home, they will be the most easily infected," said Ng.
He quickly checked the video that he took and found that the syringe seems to contain no liquid, prompting him to complain to the medical officers there twice but he was met with silence after he showed them the video recording.
"After they watched it a few times, they went quiet. They then asked me, ‘So what do you want now?’"
Ng said the medical officers agreed to give him a second shot on the spot, but gave two "additional conditions" that he should follow - he was asked not to take photos or videos of the second jab, and also to delete the recorded videos.
"There is a certain interval between doses [...] When the hospital allows me to take a second shot, does it mean that I was not injected anything for the first shot?" he questioned.
He secretly kept the original video file as evidence and deleted all other recordings, including those in his photo album, recycle bin and WhatsApp messages.
Ng expressed hope that a thorough investigation will be done.
“If there is no evidence, the issue can’t be made public, and it will be left unsolved, and such problems will continue to occur.
"Although Selangor has vaccinated many of its residents, we do not know how many have actually been really vaccinated,” he added.
Ng decided to lodge a police report at Kapar police station in Klang after he received an unusual call from the hospital asking for his home address. He said his other family members did not receive such a call after their vaccinations.
Earlier today, he was called in to give his statements at the Kuala Langat District Police Headquarters. He was accompanied by his lawyer and spent two and a half hours there.
Kuala Langat police chief Ahmad Ridhwan Mohd Nor also confirmed to have received the report and that investigation is underway.
"We are now opening an investigation paper and are in the process of further investigating the complaint," he was quoted as saying.
Malaysiakini has contacted the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti), which is mandated to manage the implementation of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, for a response.
The issue of underdosed vaccination first emerged in May, where vaccine recipients raised concerns of possible underdosed after reviewing their selfie videos.
Following the incidents, a directive has been issued to medical personnel assisting the vaccination efforts under ProtectHealth Malaysia to show recipients the vaccine-filled syringes. - Mkini

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