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HanoiThrough a private phone connected to the doctor’s office, 34-year-old “patient 1552” shared a shaky voice “surprised” when he learned that Covid-19 was infected and prayed that no more infected people were found .
Exchange with VnExpress On the morning of January 31, he said that before testing positive for nCoV, he only had a headache and dizziness, so he thought he had a cold from the shower the night before, not hot enough. He went to a private clinic near his home and was prescribed oral medications. At that time, the doctor diagnosed him with bronchitis.
After drinking all the medicine, he couldn’t get better. She still goes to work during the day and at night she feels uncomfortable, a bit tired. Three days later, she was informed that her sister-in-law was positive for nCoV in Japan and was examined by medical personnel. On the morning of January 28, the Ministry of Health recognized that he had Covid-19, assigned the code “patient 1552” and transferred him to the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases for treatment.
“I was surprised, at the time I didn’t think I was sick,” she said.
The feeling of panic envelops the woman. “I’m very confused, dreaming a thousand times and I don’t think about it because I just go to work and stay at home, I don’t go anywhere,” she said.
The first day she was hospitalized, she was left crying, the shaky mood, shock, and confused thoughts making her dull. A friend reported that 72 more people from the same company also had Covid-19, which scared her. That day was the afternoon of January 28, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long directly announced the information at the meeting of the National Steering Committee against the epidemic.
“The more I was surprised, the more I could not feel anything, it turned out that the epidemic was very close without knowing it,” he said. Think of your two children at home without their mothers, and whether or not the family members are sick. He cannot eat or sleep. He clung to the reassurance and encouragement of the treating physician to overcome the crisis. Every day, he also asked the doctor about his illness, the possibility of infection.
“I asked a lot, sometimes I asked late at night, the doctor still answered me. They reassured me to make me feel more comfortable, they asked if I ate and slept on time,” she said. Since then, his mentality has been more relaxed.
Those who are sick with the company create online chat groups to ask and update their health. They joked, texting saying she was seen by the best doctor so she had to try to heal quickly. Now, I just pray that my parents, children, relatives and friends do not get sick.
“Let the number of infections stop here, stop increasing. I hope that I and other patients will recover soon, the miracles come to us,” he shared.
Isolation and treatment areas for seriously ill patients in the Emergency Service, Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases. Image: Ngoc Thanh.
According to the attending physician at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, “patient 1552” has pneumonia, the lung has nodular lesions and translucent glass. On January 29, the patient with fever, shortness of breath and fatigue was transferred from the Department of General Internal Medicine to the Emergency Department for treatment. Currently, he still has a fever, but has less shortness of breath, less fatigue, and is able to eat.
“Patient 1552” is the first recorded Covid-19 case from this outbreak, with “patient 1553”. He was in contact with a positive Hai Duong girl in Japan who was determined to be infected with the UK nCoV variant. This variant is approximately 50-70% more infectious than a known strain.
The treatment regimen for patient 1552 did not differ from the rest of the patients, but the level of protection was increased to prevent the risk of infection, the treating physician said. The Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology have sequenced the genetic material of the two patients to determine the virus strain, and the results are not yet available.
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