Neil Astles, a 59-year-old lawyer died after suffering from bad headaches and nausea after receiving a first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
He received the first dose of the vaccine on March 15 but began suffering from a “thunderclap headache” 11 days later. He started vomiting on April 2 and died two days later of cerebral thrombosis.
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He was admitted to Warrington hospital on April 2 and transferred to the Royal Hospital on April 3 after being diagnosed with bleeding on the brain.
Staff at the Royal liaised with specialists at the Walton Centre about the possibility of performing surgery on Astles to relieve pressure which had built up in his skull.
Dr. Lawrence McCrossen, an intensive care consultant, told the court how the patient’s condition deteriorated rapidly. A CT scan revealed that a bleed at the back of the brain had “worsened.”
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The surgery was not carried out because his condition had deteriorated too much.
The patient was declared dead on April 4 at 5.22pm.
Dr Gary Peters, from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), said data up to October 27 showed there had been 424 cases similar to Mr Astles’ associated with the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, of which 72 had been fatal.
He said approximately 24 million first doses had been administered.
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Dr. Peters said for those aged 50-59 the chance of developing the rare side-effect was around one in 100,000, but there was an 80% reduction in the chance of hospital admission and death due to Covid-19 after the vaccine.
“The adverse reaction suffered by Neil Astles remains extremely rare, and on the evidence available the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the risks for the majority of people,” the judge said during the inquest into his death at Bootle Town Hall on November 9.
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His cause of death was recorded as intracerebral hemorrhage, central venous sinus thrombosis and the Covid-19 vaccine (AstraZeneca).
However, Mr. Astles brother, Peter, said: “I think everybody in this country should have the vaccine. I had the vaccine even after Neil died.”
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