A 37-year-old man is on life support after suffering a catastrophic reaction to the Moderna COVID-19 booster.
Om Prakash Mohapatra, whose wife is expecting a baby in February, had a brain rupture and two cardiac arrests following the shot.
Mohapatra has been fighting for his life since January 15th and doctors now recommend removing his life support.
After taking the booster dose, Mohapatra experienced nausea but eventually escalated to heart failure on January 15th.
Om's wife Dalika is expecting their child in 25 days & dark grim days lie ahead for the family to say the least.
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A GoFundMe campaign for Mohapatra that has currently raised over $158,000 CAD states:
Om Prakash Mohapatra (Om) has been fighting for his life since January 15th. Om was in perfect health till last week when what started as nausea deteriorated quickly and turned into heart failure on the morning of Jan 15th. Paramedics tried their best to revive him and they could get his pulse after 20-25 mins of compression. But during this time period, he experienced brain hemorrhage. Since then, he has been in the ICU at Trillium Hospital, Missisauga and at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in Canada on life support and continues to battle for his life.
Om’s wife Dallika is into her 8th month of pregnancy and is due to deliver in February. She needs support in all ways possible, including financial to help continue the treatment and for any eventuality. Om is a gem of a person and does not deserve to be going through this nightmare. We have hope that Om will survive and thrive with your prayers and help, and experience the joy of seeing his first baby.
To donate from India, please use the fund raising link through MILAP for India : OMPrakashMohapatra (https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-om-prakash-mohapatra)attaching OM’s facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/mohapatra.om
Prayers ….
Mohapatra’s brother published this emotional plea on social media for help to save his brother:
cardiac arrests. Following his booster dose(Moderna) he started feeling unwell. He proactively consulted doctors, twice, and followed all prescribed medication
Medical negligence or not, he ended up on life support and doctors are now indicating he is brain dead. Now we ..cont..
— Payal (@payalm23) January 21, 2022
country including Canada. Removing life support would mean literally killing him prematurely.
His wife is 8 months pregnant. He is the backbone of aging parents. We really need your help and support. Please I beg you for your support.
— Payal (@payalm23) January 21, 2022
Please help my brother, OM Mohapatra and his family. His wife is expecting a baby in 3 weeks. Removing, Om bhai from life support can be very catastrophic for her and the baby. Please help us🙏🙏🙏@IndiainToronto @Ajaybis
— Payal (@payalm23) January 21, 2022
The Gateway Pundit provided this excerpt of his brother’s statement:
Dear Indian Authorities, my brother (37 year old) is on life support in Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in Canada. He has severe brain rupture and had two cardiac arrests. Following his booster dose (Moderna) he started feeling unwell. He proactively consulted doctors, twice, and followed all prescribed medication.
Medical negligence or not, he ended up on life support and doctors are now indicating he is brain dead. We want to have multiple consultations and try our best to save him. Now we are being forced to get his life support removed. We want to have a consultation from other doctors for any chance of saving him. He is still not dead and all organs except the brain are properly functioning.
In general, patients can be on life support for quite long in any country including Canada. Removing life support would mean literally killing him prematurely. His wife is 8 months pregnant. He is the backbone of aging parents. We really need your help and support. Please I beg you for your support.
The Indian community in Toronto responded to his brother’s message, stating that they are considering his request to continue life support till the arrival of their parents.
The decision will be taken only with the consent of the family.
We thank @HaltonHlthcare for considering our request to continue life support till arrival of parents. Decision will be taken only with consent of family. Patient's wife has been informed of the update.
Thank you all for your prayers!— IndiainToronto (@IndiainToronto) January 21, 2022
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