Sunday, October 24, 2010

Vietnam: Da Nang- Hospital Overload DHF, Pneumonia, Diarrhea

24/10/2010

TTO - constantly changing weather these days in Da Nang that patients soared, many hospitals from city to district fall into overload.

22-10 days, along the corridors of Pediatrics (Hospital Da Nang), many patients and parents must be mat side, the treatment bed to lie. In most rooms have beds by the department who is 2-3 but only 210 beds are nearly 400 patients treated.

According to doctors, primarily caused by the sun moving season, erratic weather makes children vulnerable. The disease mainly hemorrhagic fever (82 cases are treated, of which three cases are critical in anti-phase), 77 cases of respiratory illness, diarrhea ...

Medical Center in Lien Chieu district these days the number of patients hospitalized increased with 120 patients is necessarily treat pneumonia, bronchitis, diarrhea, dengue fever ... centers must add 16 beds but still overloaded. Pediatric medical centers of the other districts of Da Nang is in a similar situation.
Doctor Tran Ngoc Thanh - Director of Da Nang Hospital - said the situation of dengue patients increased, hospitals prepared to receive an additional 50 beds.

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