8-year-old boy develops myocarditis after second COVID shot

June 26, 2022June 26, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment COVID-19, Kaohsiung City, medical, pharmaceutical industry, vaccine

An eight-year old boy was diagnosed with myocarditis two days after receiving the second dose of a COVID vaccine, and his condition may have been triggered by the vaccine, Taiwan’s Public Service Television (PTS) news reported yesterday, June 24. The second-grader in Kaohsiung City was administered the second dose of the Moderna shot on June 17, and developed a fever and chest pain on June 19. Doctors at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital diagnosed the boy as suffering from myocarditis and

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October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment health, hospitals, medical

The Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health has ordered the recall of more than 70,000 bone plates and screws illegally sold to hospitals by a Kaohsiung-based company. The recall affects 81 hospitals and potentially thousands of patients who received the surgical implants between January and July this year. The titanium alloy plates and screws were manufactured and sold by Shicheng Precision Technology Co., Ltd. before the company had received the necessary GMP certification. Deputy head of the