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Dr. Tran Van Bac, deputy director of the Emergency Department of the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases this afternoon, said the male patient COVID-19 Number 1553 (patient 1553 in Quang Ninh) was transferred from the Department of General Internal Medicine to the Emergency Department (National Hospital for Tropical Diseases) on the night of January 28 after 2 days of hospitalization.
Taking advantage of history shows that this 31-year-old man has a background disease of type 1 diabetes, so he has been closely monitored to prevent the patient from getting worse. “Nearly 1 day, the patient’s condition progressed rapidly. Chest CT scan showed that the patient’s lungs were affected by a diffuse thickened form. Currently the patient is breathing glass oxygen, the dose. Low” – Doctor Information by North.
Treatment of the Covid-19 patient at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases – Photo: Tuan Dung
Also according to the treating physician, patient 1553 currently has a fever and cannot predict the patient’s progress due to unpredictable changes in the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Currently, doctors are closely monitoring and actively treating this patient.
Doctors said that patients with diabetes who have Covid-19 are at risk of aggravating faster and with more complications.
Earlier, on the morning of January 28, the Ministry of Health announced that patient 1553 was a man, 31 years old, employee of Van Don Airport, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh, Covid-19 in the community.
Due to fever, dry cough and sore throat, the patient went to the hospital alone. The hospital took a sample from the patient and test results on the night of January 27 from the Quang Ninh Center for Disease Control confirmed that the patient was positive for SARS-CoV-2.
On January 28, the Ministry of Health announced male patient 1553 with female workers in Hai Duong (patient 1552); He also has a fever, pneumonia. Currently, the patient’s health is evaluated stable and under treatment in the Department of General Internal Medicine.
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