Saturday, May 15, 2010

Vietnam: The elderly, children "massively" hospitalized for erratic weather

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14/05/2010
Hospitals that also overload
These days, the hospitals in the city fell into overload due to erratic changes in weather. Children suffering from respiratory disease, hand foot and mouth disease, meningitis ... continued to rise. Number of elderly patients hospitalized due to weather and accidents also increased from 20-30% over the same period last year.


At the hospital (hospital) 2 Children, the number of children attending outpatient medical treatment and hospitalization are always overloaded with more than 3,500 patients each day. Number of children with hand, foot and mouth disease and meningitis is high. Own hand, foot and mouth disease have so many cases of serious complications.
Respiratory Sciences of the hospital every day to receive around 40 cases admitted to hospital treatment. Number of in-hospital patients are at from 110-120 grandchildren, east double beds. Afternoon 13 / 5 in science has to be respiratory failure 14 grandchildren're heavy breathing machine.
The situation also occurred on a similar one at Children's Hospital. Inpatient treatment of children in respiratory science to nearly 200 children. Each department has to date received nearly 50 new patients. While that number is only enough beds for 90 children.


Weather changes, not only children but the number of infected hospitalized elderly also tend to increase. Neurology Department at City - Trung Vuong Emergency Hospital pm on 13 / 5 is located approximately 40 patients are treated. Many people must be in the emergency room due to a stroke.
Cho Ray Hospital in the afternoon to end the line still waiting their turn in line to be examined.
Results of preliminary statistics of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases Hospital 115 and the rate of hospital admissions in the country now has increased from 20-30% over the same period last year.

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