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Female patient 278 returned from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) isolated in Bac Lieu. Patients with respiratory failure from pneumonia should travel to Ho Chi Minh City.
According to Dr. Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Director of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, on the morning of May 11, a 50-year-old patient with symptoms of high cough, high fever, pulse and blood pressure was good. Currently, patients receive oxygen, nasal breathing, antibiotics.
The nasopharyngeal swab sample showed that the patient was positive for nCoV.
Previously, patient 278 had a bad change, Bac Lieu General Hospital consulted with the Ministry of Health to transfer patients to Ho Chi Minh City for better treatment conditions.
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| Patient 278 must be transferred west to Ho Chi Minh City for treatment for pneumonia and respiratory failure. Photo: V.E. |
Patient 278 He is one of the 17 patients who registered Covid-19 infection on 7/5. They all went on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Can Tho on May 3, isolated in Bac Lieu. The remaining 16 patients continued to be treated at the Bac Lieu General Hospital.
Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Disease Hospital is currently treating the most severe patient, the 43-year-old British pilot. For 1 month, patients with 91 severe prognosis had to be treated with ECMO, coagulopathy, two congested lungs, cytokine storm syndrome, overactive immune system.
The Ministry of Health has consulted the main hospitals to consider lung transplant options for patients. However, the situation of the British pilot is critical and depends on the lungs of the appropriate donor so that he cannot perform the transplant. 91 patients are expected to go to Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City for treatment.
Phan Nhơn
The lungs of the pilot’s lungs solidified, risking bacterial colonies.
Patient 91’s lungs solidified, mechanical ventilation was ineffective, now completely dependent on ECMO. Experts are considering lung transplantation to save patients.
