Age: 83.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Mechanical ventilation, Nasopharyngitis, Oropharyngeal pain, Pneumonia, Pyrexia
Clinical narrative: Pneumonia; COVID-19; COVID-19; This is a spontaneous report from a Pfizer-sponsored program. A contactable consumer (wife) reported that an 84-year-old male patient (husband, 83-year-old at the time of vaccination) received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), dose 2 on 10Mar2021 (Batch/Lot number was not reported, both reported as EN6201/ EN6204, pending clarification) as DOSE 2, 0.3 ML SINGLE and dose 1 on 13Feb2021 (Batch/Lot number was not reported) as DOSE 1, 0.3 ML SINGLE, both via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included Lung disease from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing (Diagnosed 18 years ago). There were no concomitant medications. The patient previously administered with pneumonia shots a couple years back and they get the flu vaccine every year on time both on an unspecified date (and never had any problems). No other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine and no vaccines administered on same date with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect. The reporter (wife) is calling in regards to both herself and her husband. She states they are older and both received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. They received their first shot in Feb2021 and second in Mar2021. In Jul2021, the caller and her husband both tested positive for COVID. Her husband passed away. The caller would like to know why he passed away and she did not and the reporter is very emotional. The reporter states what worries her is that why did she live and her husband didn't. She feels so darn guilty because the patient went through a lot before he died. She was hospitalized for 8 days and the patient was there 2.5 weeks with his hands tied and a thing in his throat. The reporter thinks his doctor didn't know anything. She spent 12 hours a day with the patient husband, but they wouldn't let her stay with him. It was reported that last month, the patient died. They were both vaccinated and careful. She states they didn't go anywhere, they wore their masks, washed their hands. They were so careful, she just doesn't know. She wouldn't let her husband get out of the car. She would push the button for the trunk to open so the groceries could put in the back of their car. The pharmacy would bring their prescriptions to the window and hand their prescriptions from a distance. The caller and her husband didn't have any contact with anyone. Even, if the patient drove up to the window, he wore a mask. The patient was so scared to catch COVID. If she hadn't been sick with him in the hospital, he wouldn't have stayed in the hospital, he didn't trust them. The patient wasn't obese, he was normal. Stated they were very careful with food and everything. They ate healthy food. The reporter stated she and her family all got Pfizer. The patient is a lung doctor. The reporter confirms her husband died of COVID and complications of COVID. She mentions her husband did have pneumonia. She doesn't think he had an autopsy done. She confirms her and her husband were both tested for COVID-19 on 08Jul2021. They got their positive results on 10Jul2021 which is when they went to the hospital. Prior to that, her and her husband thought they had a cold. They were hospitalized together on 10Jul2021. She clarifies they went to the Emergency Room on 10Jul2021 and were admitted, but they were no rooms available. They spent 24 hours in the ER. They were both in emergency for 24 hours, and then they found a room which made him all excited, but it was just a horrible experience. She confirms her and her husband were given a room on 11Jul2021. She states her husband was hospitalized that entire time leading up to his death. They never let her husband go home. She clarifies she thought she was able to bring him home. Her husband came down to 1 liter of oxygen and then all of a sudden the darn doctor called (she isn't sure if it was a sick joke or what) as she was going to the car to get her husband some clean clothes and said her husband was dead. She was shocked. The reporter called her daughter who is a lawyer and she flew right away and got there that same night. Then told her that the patient wasn't dead and her husband was put on a ventilator. She mentions she never met the doctor who called and told her that her husband was dead when he wasn't. The reporter states she wants to look this doctor in the face and ask him why he did that. The patient was in the ICU for 2 weeks. She clarifies in Jul, her husband was okay. He was in the COVID section and then was put in the COVID ICU. She mentions she was in the hospital for 8 days and then sent home. They made her get in this jumpsuit with like a bubble hat to see her husband for 15 minutes, she was only allowed 15 minutes. Her husband was then released from the COVID ICU as he wasn't contagious anymore and he went to the regular ward. Her husband was doing good with 1 liter of oxygen and she thought she was going to be able to take him home. Suddenly, they put her husband back into the ICU. She clarifies he was put back in the regular ICU and not the COVID ICU since he was no longer contagious. He was there in the regular ICU for a couple of days before he died. The caller adds that she heard through the grapevine (she can't say who from because they would get fired), that the ICU was supposed to have 17 nurses, but only had 10 nurses show up. Why couldn't they get more help? She states this is crazy, they both got vaccinated. The caller mentions she can't do two things at once anymore. She can't walk anymore. She got COVID really bad. She can't believe she got sick, they both did. Both the reporter and patient got their first Pfizer COVID-19 shot on 13Feb2021 and sees 30mcg/0.3mL, and its the same for both the first and second dose on 10Mar2021. She confirms her husband got both doses in his left arm. She confirms she and her husband received their vaccines at the same facility. She clarifies it was a clinic they went to on the top floor (3rd floor). She also makes the comment their vaccination information was also put in a yellow book for travel, because they traveled a lot before. The reporter confirms her husband was already on antibiotics at the time. It is believed the caller said Bactramycin, but the name of the antibiotic could not be clarified. She states its the antibiotic where you take two at one time the first day and then take one for 4 days. She states her husband was not on any new medications the 2 weeks prior to being diagnosed with COVID-19 and being hospitalized. She clarifies later in the call no new medications were given to either her or her husband until they were in the hospital. The only thing that was given to her and her husband was the medication that is supposed to get them out of the hospital, it starts with a d but she forgot the name of it. She states her husband didn't have any allergies. The events required a visit to Emergency Room. The patient underwent laboratory tests and states prior to her husband being diagnosed with COVID-19 and being hospitalized, he did have a physical and everything looked okay, there were just small things here and there, such as his cholesterol. She gave him fish and vegetables and he never had a problem until he got to the hospital. She states he never had an infection or nothing, his white cells were normal, he wasn't anemic. She states they were going to do more stuff like a colonoscopy, but he never made it home. She just wants to know why he died and asked why did her husband catch COVID? She states even thought she has had all of these problems, she still got her booster. She doesn't want to give up. She does believe in science. The patient died on 06Aug2021.  An autopsy was not performed. The patient was hospitalized for COVID-19 from 10Jul2021 to 06Aug2021.  The lot number for [BNT162B2], was not provided and will be requested during follow up.; Reported Cause(s) of Death: pneumonia; COVID-19; COVID-19