Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Vietnam: North: After Tet, the hospitals overloaded

03/02/2009 16:04

Spring appears, trời warm day but the night rét. Weather changes over the control patients infected respiratory increase, especially sick children.

2 / 2, Dr. Le Thanh Hai, Deputy Director of Central BV Nhi said, because in the days following Tet, temperature and weather big difference between day and night so the number of children to hospital and examined by way of inflammation respiration increased.

Average daily Science BV examination by the Central Children received 800 - to 1,000 children examined, of which 2 / 3 the number of children with diseases related to roads such as respiratory inflammation, nose, throat, bronchitis, hen , pneumonia ...

Many children can be taken from other provinces such as Ninh Binh, Phu Tho, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong ... and most have to enter hospital treatment by patients was quite severe.

According to Dr. Hai, children from infections, throat infections in, nose by cold weather, go dry easily lead to inflammation on the respiratory tract such as pneumonia, dangerous for children. The doctors recommend that parents should pay attention toilets clean, warm clothing, to wear page for children when the road to avoid dust and cold gas.

Can use drugs small nose Natriclorid 0.9% to sanitation nose, throat children daily. If children under 38oC fever, can use measures to lower fever such as simple chuom up on cool towels. But when the young high fever 38oC should be taken to medical facilities for treatment, to avoid children CONVULSIONS high fever and patients with the place of evil.

Hospitals overloaded after the Tet

Tet festival, most hospitals do not have days off. Patients treated long day back after the Tet holidays, plus examination of patients, emergency increase by weather changes caused the hospital overload.

According to statistics by the Central Children's BV, the patient is not subject to emergency treatment was positive for hospital-home food festival and is now starting back examination, treatment. 2 / 2 (ie mùng Tết 8) has more than 660 patients and boarders around 400 patients examined outpatient. Patients were mainly of diarrhea, respiratory tract. Boarding patients in the largest scientific profile and voluntary treatment.

Doctor Cấn Phu Nhuan, Dean BV examination by the Central Children recommendations, preparing weather the season, parents should avoid for children outside skin disease by personal hygiene, food hygiene, the environment in the community. Also, the mode of nutrition, increase resistance in children, and infectious, contagious diseases cross ...

Especially, in the Blood and central blood, the infected patients of color is back to treatment, average 150-200 patients treated daily. The amount of blood in the Blood and blood are missing Central seriously. Storage hospital blood stocks have more than 100 agencies when needs treatment in hospital should North 5000 units / day.
Dr. Nguyen Anh Tri - Blood Institute Library and central blood that causes a large amount of students - those who volunteer humanitarian blood donation - think about his food festival.

Currently, patients need blood will have to wait, the level is set to consider "carefully" and the first priority. To ensure there is enough blood to serve patients, hospital organizations have collected blood from Day Tết 2 and Day 5 Tết past.

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