Answers delayed in mystery of mum who died days after Covid jab

An inquest into a Derby mum who had a stroke a week after having a Covid booster jab has been adjourned to allow more evidence to be heard. The original two-day inquest hearing into the death of Mohinder Kaur Mahal, 85, took place on October 9 and 10 and the coroner's conclusion was expected to be given today (Monday, November 11).

But pathologist Dr Cordelia Kirchoff-Stewens asked assistant coroner Alison Noble to consider two further articles, which have been produced by national journals into vaccination findings. Ms Noble agreed to consider them and also asked that two experts who had previously given evidence to the inquest in October should also examine the articles and judge if they affected their original statements.

As a result, she adjourned the inquest to a later date to allow time for the various considerations, after which she said she would be ready to deliver her conclusion.

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In October, the inquest heard that concerns were expressed by Mrs Mahmal's family that the vaccination could have been a contributing factor following her death in October 2022. Mrs Mahal had her first Covid vaccination in March 2021, which was the Astra Zeneca variety, having already had a stroke in January 2021.

Mrs Mahal's son Baldev Mahal, who acted as her carer, said his mother was very undecided about whether to have another vaccination but finally decided to have one about 18 months later after she had been in hospital for abdominal and chest pains and pneumonia. She left hospital on October 14, 2022, and received a bivalent Pfizer booster jab at home in Pear Tree on October 19.

Mr Mahal said that within a few hours of having the jab, his mother was "not herself" and there was a gradual decline as she lost mobility, was confused and had difficulty picking up tablets. She was taken to hospital but she died on October 31.

Dr Kirchoff-Stewens told the October inquest that because the stroke had happened a short while after the vaccination and that the family had said Mrs Mahal had developed "stroke-like" symptoms on the day of the jab, she couldn't ignore the "temporal relationship" between the two, which raised the possibility of a "causal relationship".

She said: "I cannot prove it or disclude it that the vaccination did not cause or contribute to the stroke."

A date is still to be set for the resumption of the inquest.