Earlier, a social media post on Facebook by a user named Neubronner Jeremy - who identified himself as her boyfriend in other posts - said Ms Seah's heart issues began after her vaccination.
It read: "It was sometime in May that she took her second Pfizer vaccination. By June, she was having heart palpitations."
The post was accompanied by a photo of a memo signed by a "Dr R Wong" from NUHCS dated October 2021 that read: "The above is suspected to have Covid vaccine side effects on the heart. Kindly consider an alternative Covid vaccine as the booster regime."
NHCS said: "Covid-19 vaccination was not assessed to be a direct cause of her heart failure. Other causal factors such as genetic causes were considered, taking into account her family history."
It added that later in September, Ms Seah underwent a magnetic resonance imaging heart scan, with the results suggesting that an idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (disease of the heart muscle) was the underlying cause of her condition.
The statement added that she then sought a second opinion and treatment for her cardiac condition at the NHCS in December 2021.
It said: "During her hospitalisation, the medical team discussed with her and her family on how to better manage her cardiac condition with various device implantation options.
"As the patient needed time to consider the options, a follow-up appointment was scheduled in January 2022. Unfortunately, she passed away a day prior to the appointment. NHCS has met the patient's family and addressed their concerns."
https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...jT8ea6RyOcEZ4UsGmauoTB-_Q2OnzoxtS5zPy1xaxgr9A
It read: "It was sometime in May that she took her second Pfizer vaccination. By June, she was having heart palpitations."
The post was accompanied by a photo of a memo signed by a "Dr R Wong" from NUHCS dated October 2021 that read: "The above is suspected to have Covid vaccine side effects on the heart. Kindly consider an alternative Covid vaccine as the booster regime."
NHCS said: "Covid-19 vaccination was not assessed to be a direct cause of her heart failure. Other causal factors such as genetic causes were considered, taking into account her family history."
It added that later in September, Ms Seah underwent a magnetic resonance imaging heart scan, with the results suggesting that an idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (disease of the heart muscle) was the underlying cause of her condition.
The statement added that she then sought a second opinion and treatment for her cardiac condition at the NHCS in December 2021.
It said: "During her hospitalisation, the medical team discussed with her and her family on how to better manage her cardiac condition with various device implantation options.
"As the patient needed time to consider the options, a follow-up appointment was scheduled in January 2022. Unfortunately, she passed away a day prior to the appointment. NHCS has met the patient's family and addressed their concerns."
https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...jT8ea6RyOcEZ4UsGmauoTB-_Q2OnzoxtS5zPy1xaxgr9A
