21-Year-Old Med Student Severely Injured by Pfizer Vaccine Still Waiting for Response From Government Compensation Program
A family whose 21-year-old son developed a life-threatening reaction to Pfizer’s COVID vaccine has been waiting six months to learn if the U.S. government’s Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program will help cover their son’s medical bills, but there’s been no response from the program.
A family whose 21-year-old son developed a life-threatening reaction to Pfizer’s COVID vaccine has been waiting six months to learn if the U.S. government’s Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) will help cover their son’s medical bills.
The CICP program, which operates under the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, provides compensation for serious injuries or death caused by certain medications, medical devices and vaccines, including COVID vaccines.
The family of Kartik Bhakta in August 2021 submitted a claim on behalf of their son. So far, the claim has been ignored.
Bhakta, a second-year pre-med student described as a “genius” by his father, was severely injured after his first Pfizer shot. According to hospital records, Bhakta suffered from an extremely rare life-threatening adverse reaction to the vaccine.
The day before getting vaccinated, Bhakta was healthy and had no medical conditions, his father said. The doctors said the neuropathy could be caused by steroids given to him for treatment, but they attribute the other conditions to the vaccine.
“We need some kind of help and direction from somewhere so that way he can get medical assistance or whatever he needs,” Bhakta’s father said.
In addition to a lengthy hospitalization, Bhakta underwent numerous surgeries, can’t walk without a walker and had to put his schooling on hold.
His family relocated to Texas in 2021 to be closer to the medical services their son needed, as the school’s insurance program stopped covering Bhakta’s medical bills in August.
His family does not have coverage for the additional eye surgeries their son needs and cannot work due to his medical appointments and need for care.
Instead, they’re relying on the government’s CICP to compensate him for his injuries.
The failures of the CICP to compensate the vaccine injured
The Bhakta family submitted a claim to the CICP in August and received an email that a staffer would follow up, but never received a response.
Over the next several months, family members contacted the CICP by phone and email multiple times. They unsuccessfully tried to obtain assistance from U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela’s (D-Texas) office.
Asked what the family would do if denied assistance, Bhakta’s father replied, “I don’t know. Then why is the government forcing us to take a vaccine if they’re not taking responsibility?”
Since the CICP launched in 2010, 7,033 claims have been filed, but only 29 claims have been compensated.
There are about 300 claims pending with the CICP for injuries or deaths due to COVID vaccines. As of Feb. 1, the CICP had approved only one claim, but that claim has not been paid out.
To be compensated by the CICP for a COVID vaccine injury, it must be established, based on “compelling, reliable, valid, medical and scientific evidence,” that the injury or death was directly caused by the vaccine.
The CICP provides compensation only for out-of-pocket medical costs, lost wages or a death benefit. It does not compensate for pain and suffering or attorneys’ fees. The claim must be filed within one year of the injury.
According to Sean Greenwood, a vaccine injury attorney in Texas, even if the family does get an approved claim, they could wait “many many years” to receive compensation.
Once the government approves the vaccine for children under 5 years old and pregnant women, compensation requests will move over to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP), Greenwood said. The NVICP allows up to $250,000 for pain and suffering.
The best option for people seeking recourse from COVID vaccine injuries is to file a CICP claim within one year of receiving the vaccine — and hope COVID vaccines will be added to the NVICP, Greenwood added.
“The best thing to do just to preserve your rights is to file in the CICP,” Greenwood said. “I just don’t have a lot of confidence that these people are going to get a good result.”
It is unknown whether CICP claimants will also be able to file in the NVICP if the COVID vaccine is added to the program.
Countries like Japan and France have already added COVID vaccines to their equivalent courts, and those injured receive compensation “pretty quickly,” according to Greenwood.
Italy plans to set aside 150 million euros ($169.91 million) to compensate those injured by COVID vaccines, according to a draft decree shown to Reuters. About 50 million euros in 2022 and an additional 100 million in 2023 will be reserved for those permanently disabled by the COVID vaccines recommended by Italy’s health authority.
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Off topic: I have not seen Red River D post in awhile. He usually posted daily. Anyone know his status? Hope he’s ok.
The line for “compensation” for jab injuries and deaths
is going to EXTREMELY long.
This whole thing is a massive crime.
From development of the “virus” to the “vaccine”.
It’s going to take lawsuits, probably class actions against the manufacturers…
Courts are as dead as politics.
That part of our history is over.
It’s gonna take pitchforks and torches, M-4s and Glocks against it all.
Ammo up.
These creatures will never betray their own.
And won’t ever be held accountable by the system
that created them..
Fixing this problem,and the larger issues, will take the invocation of the Insurrection Act of 1807.
And the nationwide enforcement of military tribunals to circumvent the hopelessly corrupt judicial system now in place.
Is this scenario happening now?
Behind the scenes?
I don’t know for sure, but see signs and glimpses of this very scenarios situation from this side of the curtain, i.e., as it was with Dorothy when visiting the Wizard of Oz and finding out the truth about him…
Hope springs eternal….but don’t count your chickens before they hatch, either.
And always,always, always have a plan B.
Probably just as long as those who seek compensation from the FDIC when the banks fail, and also just as likely to succeed.
Last I heard (quite some time ago) was FDIC had enough to cover 1 1/2% of the deposits.
It’s not a crime if you kill pigs that look like human beings. I shed no tear for those creatures.
So med school student got the jab? Needed a little more research….
Most medical students are young, bookish, smart nerds that follow the
rules and mind their elders. That guy looks Indian so it goes triple
for him. He had no idea what might happen because someone he
trusted told him he had to because it was safe and would keep him safe.
Of course the CICP has not responded. The kid is going to get nothing, just like everyone else who applies.
We have been assured that the jab is safe and has no serious side effects. Nothing to see here.
It is better to ignore the claim than to deny it.
2nd year pre-med student described by his father as a “genius”.
Then why did he take the jab? That’s not explained. Was it a personal choice, or did the school mandate it? If the school mandated it, has he asked the school to pay the remainder of his medical bills?
I’m no genius. Not even close. But after a little research I came to the realization that I was being lied to, and thus shunned the jab.
Still alive, and sure glad I did now.
Hope everything turns out well for him and he achieves a medical degree. After this experience, I bet he’d make a great physician.
a second-year pre-med student described as a “genius”
I beg to differ.
Listen, this is becoming tedious in the extreme. Everyone with an Internet connection and ten minutes of free time had access to all the information they needed to determine who should and shouldn’t be playing with experimental “vaccines” for an influenza strain with an exceptionally low mortality rate. For a healthy 21 year old genius to volunteer is either a case of defiant ignorance, or- more likely- another case of institutional coercion. Likely his school demanded students submit to their diktat or be forced to delay or sacrifice their career and sunk tuition costs and he chose the path of least resistance, perhaps knowing it wasn’t in his best interest.
If his suffering brings any benefit perhaps it can serve as a reminder that your body belongs to you and that any adverse reaction suffered will have no impact on those who claim otherwise. Allow others to make choices for you, surrender your right to complain about the consequences.
His family should take him back to his home country to recover.
Was trying NOT to be cruel, not sure if the info about ‘Undergraduate Researcher’ below is him or not. Had several conversations with The former head of local hospital over the years. Admitted that the towlheads prescribed even more pills than the white doctors, no small feat. Gained a foothold by being low paid ‘apprentices’ initially, following what ever the ‘Union Card’ procedures are for licensed drug dealers/Merchants of death. Bet money that his daddy is a ‘doctor’ as well, many relatives brought over to ‘manage’ 7-11’s, gas stations, etc…Tax shelters initially. Same type of ‘people’ as all the freshly minted millionaires and up in china…Loyal ruling class acolytes and their children. Same as it ever was.
Undergraduate Researcher
Aug 2020 – Present1 year 8 months
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Develop research skills by studying contractile vacuole in wild-type cells and mutant cell lines.
A vaxxed death is a win for humanity. The sooner they disappear, the better.
Killing people with impunity. Jesus what a country.
Boxcars are lined up throughout the land. Step right up.
You will own nothing, spend the rest of your short life in agonising pain, and like it.