Hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Thua Thien - Hue

Updated on 18-06-2010 16:30

Propaganda meeting for prevention

Phong Dien district, TT-Hue.
NDDT - Today 18-6, pediatrics - Hue Central Hospital said hot weather and erratic showers should dengue fever outbreak in Thua Thien - Hue.
In Pediatrics, the average per day from 200 to 250 children to visit, have individual on up to 500 children, of which 30 to 40 children are hospitalized for inpatient treatment. Particularly in the first 15 days in May and June, at pediatric received more than 300 dengue fever patients, most of hemorrhage at 1 and 2 degrees, more cases to be closely monitored for shock timely treatment.

According to doctors pediatrics - Hue Central Hospital and characteristics of dengue fever is now more severe, more complicated, there are 10 patients on prolonged fever, coma, respiratory failure soon , when complications have liver, kidney, brain.

Health officials TT-Hue use manual methods to capture mosquitoes.


Doctor Dinh Quang Tuan, head of pediatrics, said: We are dengue fever season, children aged 2-15 years old when the fever must first think of dengue fever. Therefore, children should drink fever, drink more water oseron ensure water supply concentrates avoid blood against the patient. When patients show signs of tooth bleeding, blood oranges, abdominal pain, struggle, especially on third down 3-4 away to give to health facilities, especially for pediatric emergency time .