Virginia woman experiences anaphylaxis, dies within hours of receiving Pfizer vaccine
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Source: WTKR
Drene Keyes
GLOUCESTER, Virginia- A woman who received the Pfizer vaccine on Saturday (Jan. 30) in Virginia passed away only hours after it was administered, officials say.
According to WTKR, Drene Keyes, a gifted singer and grandmother of six, was vaccinated with the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in the town of Warsaw shortly before she found herself unable to breathe as she began vomiting. It was after this that fluid filled her lungs and she died.
Riverside Walter Reed Hospital & Riverside Tappahannock Hospital Achieve Top Safety Grades in Fall 2020 Leapfrog Safety Report
Riverside Walter Reed Hospital and Riverside Tappahannock Hospital again earned top marks for patient safety performance in the Fall 2020 Hospital Safety Grade scores released last week by The Leapfrog Group, health system leadership announced today.
Riverside Tappahannock Hospital and Riverside Walter Reed Hospital were named ‘A’ grade hospitals, each for the third consecutive grading cycle.
The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to all general hospitals across the country and is updated every six months. It is based on a hospital’s performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.