MedPark Pfizer 2nd Dose - Aug 31 Experience

[Chomper Higgot]

I received my second dose of Pfizer vaccine this morning at MedPark, experience as follows:

 

My appointment was for just before 10:00am but due to driving in early I arrived at the hospital at 7:10.

 

There was a small queue, I counted 36 people in front of me.

 

At around 7:30 staff separated the queue (which was still less than 100 people) into those waiting for their first AstaZenica jab and those waiting for their second Pfizer.

 

I was directed upstairs with others waiting for their 2nd dose Pfizer.

 

A staff member started handing out queue numbers, I and most had a number, but then another member of staff opened the doors and called people over to present their passports and appointment papers.

 

A crush ensued.

 

As I got to the door an altercation broke out between a Middle Eastern woman, without a queue number pushing in front of an African American woman who had a queue number.

 

Hats off to the American she ripped the queue number a new one.

 

Once inside, blood pressure check and vaccination all happened in less than 30 minutes.

 

The Middle Eastern woman thought she’d have another go at the American who once again put her right.

 

And if that wasn’t enough drama a guy claiming to be a Canadian started lecturing the room (by way of talking extremely loudly to an American he’d sat next to) on how much he hates the American Military Industrial Complex - though clearly he had no problem with accepting American generosity in the form of a free vaccine.

 

Perhaps it was the entertainment that had been laid on, but time flew and by 8:50 I was back in the car heading home.

 

As for side effects, I’m getting the feeling akin to the onset of a mild cold.

 

I’ll update on that tomorrow.

 

Edit:

 

Forgot to mention, the queue throughout my visit and as I left was a small fraction of the queue when I had my first jab.

 

I suspect because people have been given time scheduled appointments and also because there are no people turning up without appointments as there were when the vaccinations first started.

Edited August 31, 2021 by Chomper Higgot

[petermik]

Anything provided as proof of 2 vaccines?

[Chomper Higgot]

3 minutes ago, petermik said:

Anything provided as proof of 2 vaccines?

Yes, I was given a stamped and signed certificate that carries my details, the vaccines I’ve had, dates, batch numbers etc + QR code and ID Card Number.

[mtls2005]

37 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

talking extremely loudly

Loud-talker: OK.

 

Close-talker: Not OK.

 

 

 

 

 

[burner2014]

thanks a lot was waiting for these reports, going there next Monday.

[Thai Bairn]

2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

My appointment was for just before 10:00am but due to driving in early I arrived at the hospital at 7:10.

Can I ask where you parked arriving that early? 

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, Thai Bairn said:

Can I ask where you parked arriving that early? 

At floor B1 of The PARQ underground car park.

 

80 meters on a he left hand side as you pass the MedPark hospital.

 

First 3 hours of parking is free.

[rodknock]

got my second Pfizer shot today!!!

i would like to thank all those people working on the vaccinations at MedPark

they did a great job!!!

[wprime]

7 hours ago, petermik said:

Anything provided as proof of 2 vaccines?

I got mine today too, they gave a certificate and the หมอพร้อม app can also be used to get a certificate..

[Andrew Dwyer]

I went to MedPark ( 2nd Pfizer ) also today.

Arrived around 8.40 am , got sent up to floor 2 in a sort of overflow waiting area with queue number 157.

Initially they were calling 5 at a time down to floor M ( inbetween 2 and G ) but then around the 150 mark they called 30 down to the ground floor ( main hall ) and tried to seat them in order on the chairs in front of the info desks. This was a mistake and 30 people were stood confused in amongst the others already seated. The desks emptied out as they tried to organise people sitting in order and then nobody got their BP taken until they got to the desk.

I think the number arriving took them by surprise and they lost control for a while.

Anyway had my jab and left, in total took just under 2 hours.

The place filled up fast and when I left they were queuing around the outside of the building again.

Of course, today was the returnees from Aug 10th which was a very crowded day so expect the other days to be better, although it did appear they were vaxxing 1st and 2nd jabs.

 

Vax available: Pfizer, AZ, SinoV and SinoPH.

[WEBBYB808]

21 hours ago, petermik said:

Anything provided as proof of 2 vaccines?

Yes with a qr code to scan presenting the Mor Phom app with vaccinated  two dose all green

[D M G]

What's the recommended time period between #1 and #2 dose?

[hotandsticky]

1 minute ago, D M G said:

What's the recommended time period between #1 and #2 dose?

 

 

8 weeks.

 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57929953

 

Google is your friend.

 

 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

22 minutes ago, D M G said:

What's the recommended time period between #1 and #2 dose?

Canada and the U.K. ( amongst others ) are now recommending 8 weeks between Pfizer doses while the US are sticking to the 21 days gap.Thailand are following the lead from the US .

 

Seems to be a question of do you want protection quickly or more long term.

 

https://www.aacc.org/media/press-release-archive/2021/08-aug/increasing-the-time-gap-between-covid19-vaccine-doses-leads-to-a-stronger-antibody-response

[streetlite]

I'm just now looking at my appointment sheet for  my 2nd Phizer vaccine but noriced something disconcerting in regards to the 1st shot. It lists the date (August 17th) with a serial number and care provider name but under the "Name of Vaccine" it has Covid-19-Vaccine (Comirnaty). What is Comirnaty?

[Andrew Dwyer]

 

5 minutes ago, streetlite said:

I'm just now looking at my appointment sheet for  my 2nd Phizer vaccine but noriced something disconcerting in regards to the 1st shot. It lists the date (August 17th) with a serial number and care provider name but under the "Name of Vaccine" it has Covid-19-Vaccine (Comirnaty). What is Comirnaty?

The name of the vaccine, Pfizer is the manufacturer 
 

 

It’s all good.

Edited September 1, 2021 by Andrew Dwyer

[Andrew Dwyer]

As there are some posters on here who visited MedPark yesterday, did anyone see the nasty accident narrowly avoided ??

 

After the numbers 150 - 180 were called to descend the escalator we were immediately told to wait. At the head of the queue was a 60ish foreigner with obvious immobility issues aided by a smartly dressed young Thai lady. 
The guy dropped some papers on the escalator and immediately stepped forward to pick them up. As the steps started to descend he fell forward and if it wasn’t for the quick reactions of his carer and a guy behind him he would have gone head over heel down the moving steps. They managed to stop him falling completely forward and avoided some possible severe injuries.

I sat next to the guy later on and as he appeared to be free from any major injuries he was certainly shook up.

He was very anxious to get vaxxed and should have really taken the elevator !!

[jomtienisgood]

25 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

 

The name of the vaccine, Pfizer is the manufacturer 
 

 

It’s all good.

It was an interesting question and answer....

[vision2014]

I received my 2nd Phizer shot today at Medpark (Sept.1).  I arrived at 10:00am and I was given my shot at 10:35am. After the shot,  I expected to be asked to wait for approximately 30 minutes to see if I had a negative reaction. However, after less than 10 minutes, I was called to have a blood pressure test and was then immediately given my vaccination certificate. I was on my way back tp Pattaya at 10:55am. My thanks to the Medpark staff !

[orchidfan]

2 hours ago, jomtienisgood said:

It was an interesting question and answer....

If you Google that name it appears that Pfizer came up with that based on a combinaon of letters for  "community" , mRna etc 

[Andrew Dwyer]

7 minutes ago, vision2014 said:

I received my 2nd Phizer shot today at Medpark (Sept.1).  I arrived at 10:00am and I was given my shot at 10:35am. After the shot,  I expected to be asked to wait for approximately 30 minutes to see if I had a negative reaction. However, after less than 10 minutes, I was called to have a blood pressure test and was then immediately given my vaccination certificate. I was on my way back tp Pattaya at 10:55am. My thanks to the Medpark staff !

Sounds like today is quieter than yesterday as is to be expected as yesterday had the returnees from Aug 10th ( first Pfizer day at MedPark ) which was mayhem.

Also noted that the 30 mins seems to be determined by the length of time it takes to do the paperwork. 
Both my “ 30 mins “ were more like 20 mins.

[Halfaboy]

12 minutes ago, vision2014 said:

.... and was then immediately given my vaccination certificate.

 

What kind of prove of vaccination did you get. Was it a certificate or was data entered in your MORxxx app (or maybe even both). If the latter where did you download this app.

Thanks....

[D M G]

4 hours ago, streetlite said:

I'm just now looking at my appointment sheet for  my 2nd Phizer vaccine but noriced something disconcerting in regards to the 1st shot. It lists the date (August 17th) with a serial number and care provider name but under the "Name of Vaccine" it has Covid-19-Vaccine (Comirnaty). What is Comirnaty?

New Brand Name since officially certified.  Before it was technically experimental.

 

[mtls2005]

Co for COVID

mirn for mRNA

aty makes it sound the "community".

 

 

Just a brand name. Like Viagra, Cialis. Yet to see the advert with the couple in separate bathtubs extolling the virtues of Comirnaty.

 

 

 

 

[mtls2005]

MedPark seems a bit quiet today, based on social media reports.

 

 

[burner2014]

Want to share my experience on the second jab yesterday.

It was unpleasant, but this is complaining on high standards I had from the first jab.

 

First jab was in and out in 40 minutes with waiting time after the jab.

 

It seems like as Medpark now accepts walk-ins they are super busy. Got into the second floor and thought okay cool second jab has maybe a seperate queue because easier? 

 

In the end I ended up going down as a group of 10 again and waited 2 hours downstairs because the whole hall was full. Jab took as expected 30 seconds and waiting time this time 10? minutes. I had to fill all paper work again before the second jab (why?!)

Again complaining on high standards, 2 hours waiting time is still acceptable considering we getting Pfizer for free. But I don't know why they mix first jabs with second jabs into the same queue so when you come to a bad time (you have an appointment time ???? ) you have 100-200 people waiting before you.

[orchidfan]

56 minutes ago, burner2014 said:

Want to share my experience on the second jab yesterday.

It was unpleasant, but this is complaining on high standards I had from the first jab.

 

First jab was in and out in 40 minutes with waiting time after the jab.

 

It seems like as Medpark now accepts walk-ins they are super busy. Got into the second floor and thought okay cool second jab has maybe a seperate queue because easier? 

 

In the end I ended up going down as a group of 10 again and waited 2 hours downstairs because the whole hall was full. Jab took as expected 30 seconds and waiting time this time 10? minutes. I had to fill all paper work again before the second jab (why?!)

Again complaining on high standards, 2 hours waiting time is still acceptable considering we getting Pfizer for free. But I don't know why they mix first jabs with second jabs into the same queue so when you come to a bad time (you have an appointment time ???? ) you have 100-200 people waiting before you.

Thanks for the update. 

I'm going for 2nd jab next Monday 13th......lucky 13th.

As I have a car and driver taking me there,waiting and taking me home again, it might be a pain if it's anything like your experience. 

But we're used to waiting at immigration, banks,amphurs etc so I'll take a book just in case ????

[burner2014]

19 minutes ago, orchidfan said:

Thanks for the update. 

I'm going for 2nd jab next Monday 13th......lucky 13th.

As I have a car and driver taking me there,waiting and taking me home again, it might be a pain if it's anything like your experience. 

But we're used to waiting at immigration, banks,amphurs etc so I'll take a book just in case ????

exactly I just had these high standards from the first jab. They didn't really care about the time of your appointment I was there 1 hour early. So maybe pick a time, but again when I left around 3pm outside was still a queue and inside super full. But yeah you will make it. 

[katana]