On the afternoon of September 8, information from the Long An Provincial Department of Health said that it had received an initial report about the case of a 44-year-old man who went to a private clinic in Duc Hoa district for a medical examination and was injected with a dose of medicine. However, it was later discovered that this person had died at the clinic .
According to initial information, at around 1:00 p.m. on September 7, Mr. NTT (44 years old, residing in An Hiep hamlet, An Ninh Dong commune, Duc Hoa district, Long An province) went to the house of Mr. BNT (19 years old, residing in the same hamlet) and said he was tired and wanted to vomit due to being drunk. Mr. BNT took him to a private clinic of Dr. M in the locality for examination.
At the clinic, Dr. M gave Mr. NTT an injection and let him rest on the examination room bed, while Mr. BNT also stayed there to look after him.
At around 3pm, Mr. BNT went home to get his phone charger and then came back to call Mr. T but got no response. Thinking that Mr. T was tired and sleeping soundly, he continued to wait.
At about 5:10 p.m., Mr. BNT continued to call Mr. T to wake him up but still could not get through, so he hurriedly called Dr. M to check and discovered that Mr. T had died.
After the incident, relatives requested an autopsy and clarification of the cause of Mr. T's death. Many curious people gathered near the clinic to watch the incident.
On the morning of September 8, the authorities completed the autopsy and handed over Mr. T's body to his family for burial.
The authorities also worked with Dr. M at the clinic and verified the type of medicine that the doctor at the clinic injected into the patient.
