Vietnam: Trời rét, children, elderly hospitalized increased

Thứ sáu, 16/1/2009

Trời rét, children, elderly hospitalized increased

Low temperature, especially the difference in temperature between day and night in the past has prevented many children, old people falling sick. The hospital in Hanoi to more than talent.

TS. Le Thanh Hai - Deputy Director of Children's Hospital T.U - for only 3 days rét bold, average daily BV have to 1400-1600 to examine patients, increased 30% compared with the previous day. Patients hospitalized children mainly due to the flu disease, inflammation and respiratory road diarrhea by Rotavirus.

Currently, in many of the scientific BV, the sick children had to be found pair 2-3 child / beds. Account digestive, always in a state overloaded when only 25 beds but the number of patients to hospital every day from 70 to 110 grandchildren. Not only the number of patients increased, he fell to below 3 years old but most of the patients are quite heavy, high fever, non lot, diarrhea continued to lose water, electricity resolution disorders.

In BV Bach Mai, according to Dr. Nguyen Tien Dung - Chief of Pediatrics, the number of patients to examine also increased 2-3 times normal, in which nearly 30% of patients were diarrhea Rotavirus level. BV in Saint Paul, the number of children to examine at BV in 1 week through about 250-300 children a day, of which 60-70% of children to be bronchitis, pneumonia, many cases must be treated with antibiotics long day.

Those who fear rét and uncomfortable rét other is the old man. Dr. Tien University - Faculty of examination, the Lao national science - that, on average each day, about 40-50 patients to examine, more than 30% decrease compared with the previous period. But most of the serious diseases: hypertension, disaster brain blood vessels, vành circulatory disease, bone joint disease. Patients from various provinces, city, but only those of very serious diseases can not be treated at home was brought to BV.

Dr. Do Thi Khanh Hy - Vice Director of the Lao Institute of Health - said the science inpatient treatment have more than 80 patients are located treatment, mainly the elderly over 70 years old and are in very serious condition.

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