On the afternoon of October 23, information from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that on October 21 and 22, the second group of rotated doctors in Con Dao special area continuously performed complex surgeries to promptly save the patient's life in critical condition.
The success of complex surgeries, some lasting all night, contributes to bringing people confidence in the health system that has been strengthened on remote islands.
Previously, on the night of October 21, the Con Dao Military-Civilian Medical Center (TTYT) received two patients in critical condition that threatened their lives if they were not treated actively in time. The first case was a 42-year-old female patient with a duodenal perforation due to fish bones, who was urgently operated on by a team of doctors from the hospitals of Binh Dan, Hung Vuong and Con Dao Health Center to remove the foreign object and save the patient's life.
The second case was a 67-year-old male patient with peritoneal inflammation due to duodenal rush (old surgical scar), admitted to the hospital in a state of shock and severe anemia. After consultation, the head of the Department of Gastroenterology, Binh Dan Hospital, quickly went to Con Dao to coordinate with the doctors present to conduct surgery. After a long surgery, the patient regained consciousness and passed the critical stage.
On October 22, doctors and nurses continued to receive 3 other complicated emergency cases including: A 26-year-old mother with 41 weeks of pregnancy had a safe cesarean section, a 3.5kg baby boy was born healthy; a patient with necrotizing enterocolitis underwent timely endoscopic surgery; a fisherman had an accident on a fishing boat, causing a complicated wound on the right athletes, a ruptured artery and a mortar in the entire muscle of the right leg of the forehead... and had surgery completed at more than midnight.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, the results of successfully handling very serious and complicated cases right in Con Dao special area not only help save the lives of patients, but also bring the trust of the people, affirming the motto of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Sector is "leaving no one behind".
