Allardice and her friend booked a Pfizer vaccine injection at 6:30 p.m. on March 18 at Hiu Kwong Street Sports Center, Kwun Tong area.
`No one checked to see if I had registered or not. Everything was not clear. If they checked, they would immediately know that I had never registered to be vaccinated at the Kowloon Bay Sports Center,` Allardice recounted on April 4.
He believes that the management was careless in vaccination work.
`There are people who are not suitable for certain vaccines. No one told me ‘You came to the wrong place’ or ‘You got the wrong vaccine’. Incidents just happened like everything was not working properly.`
The Civil Service Department, which runs the city’s vaccination program, admitted reception staff at the Kowloon Bay Sports Center overlooked Allardice and his friend, allowing them to be vaccinated without asking for an appointment.
`Even though the vaccine was used with the consent of the vaccination participant, we sincerely apologize for this negligence,` a facility spokesman said.
But Allardice said he only agreed to be vaccinated because he thought it was the Pfizer vaccine, not Sinovac.
David Allardice holds a certificate of having received the first dose of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine distributed by the Kowloon Bay Sports Center.
`I was desperate to get vaccinated to return to normal life. If I got Covid-19, I couldn’t survive (because I have cancer). I’ve had that feeling of panic for more than a year. Yes.
He said he carefully consulted the oncologist’s opinion before choosing the Pfizer vaccine because the effectiveness rate is higher than Sinovac’s product.
`When you are doing chemotherapy, the level of protection will decrease. It will decrease further due to leukemia. So Sinovac’s vaccine is no longer effective, this is what I am worried about. I cannot confidently go out
Allardice said his doctor was shocked to hear about the incident.
Normally, Hong Kong residents getting vaccinated must present a text message confirming registration to administrative staff.
Alex Lam Chi-yau, president of the Hong Kong Patients’ Rights Association, said that not checking people’s vaccination appointments is `unacceptable`.
`The medical center has the ultimate responsibility to supervise and check whether the person has made a reservation or not, what type of vaccine they will receive, whether there should be pre-screening to ensure the person agrees to receive that vaccine or not.`