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Kang Won-rae, an employee who appealed for “help”, dies after being vaccinated

  • Wife “cardiac arrest after 1st or 2nd vaccine… “Government, please come up with a solution”
    Kang Won-rae appealed for help last year, “Employees working with limbs received vaccines and intensive care units”
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[헤럴드경제=이원율 기자] An employee of Kang Won-rae, a former singer-songwriter, fell in critical condition after receiving the second dose of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and died on the 30th. At the mortuary, a flower arrangement with the names of Kang Won-rae and his family was erected. Previously, Kang Won-rae called this employee “an employee who works with my hands and feet” and appealed for help, saying, “I ask that you be my strength.”

In a letter before this incident, the employee’s wife wrote, “(Husband) received the 1st and 2nd doses of the Corona 19 vaccine, but the government reported that patients with underlying diseases should receive more doses, so the 1st AstraZeneca was held on May 3rd. right. However, since then, she has also complained of chest pain and difficulty breathing. Then, on May 22, I went to the emergency room of Asan Hospital in Gangneung, saying it was even more difficult, and I was hospitalized because of water in my lungs and severe edema.

The employee who Kang Won-rae had appealed to for help saying he suffered cardiac arrest after being vaccinated last year died on the 30th. A letter from the employee’s wife. [코로나19백신피해자가족협의회 제공]

She continued, “I got my second Pfizer on July 19. After that, my husband complained of chest tightness, but the hospital said there was no causality. I can’t,” he explained.

He continued, “The government should not disappoint my husband and other victims. Please help us humanely. Please come up with measures so that there will be no more victims’ families like the victims’ families here again, and I hope that the victims’ injustice will be acknowledged. hope,” he urged.

A wife (left), who is physically disabled, and her ex-husband. [코로나19백신피해자가족협의회 제공]

The wife, who identified herself as a first-class physical disability, said, “My husband said that he would be a bridge for me in a wheelchair, and I also got married because I wanted to create a warm family for my husband who does not have a family. And I fell into despair by saying ‘there’s no hope’, and I can’t even use my legs without my husband, so it’s hard to live.”

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Previously, Kang Won-rae publicly mentioned the status of this employee through a social network service (SNS) on August 10 last year.

At the time, Kang Won-rae said, “Not long ago, an employee (who was on dialysis) who became my limbs and worked was not feeling well after being vaccinated against COVID-19, so I went to the hospital a few times. He is receiving treatment,” he said.

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He said, “The friend’s wife can’t even visit the hospital, and she’s just beating her chest and struggling without knowing what the patient’s condition is. I don’t know,” he said.

He also appealed, “I can’t comfort them with any words, and it’s just frustrating to imagine the future.” He said, “Everyone, please help.

yul@heraldcorp.com

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