One of the severe cases last night, approached by doctors at E Hospital, was patient NVS (in Hanoi) who was admitted to the hospital with a headache, left shoulder pain... diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, frontal bone fracture, and epidural hematoma.
According to the family, during the storm, the patient had an accident and fell from a height while trying to reinforce the roof. Upon receiving the patient, the doctors quickly stopped the bleeding, performed X-rays, performed the necessary tests... then immediately transferred the patient to the emergency operating room.
The case of patient LVT (Hanoi) was hospitalized with severe bleeding on the scalp due to a metal roof falling on his head during a big storm. The patient was immediately treated by doctors to stop the bleeding, wash and suture the wound...
These are two of many emergency cases received and treated by the Emergency Department, E Hospital while storm No. 3 made landfall in Hanoi.
Dr. Nguyen Minh Tuan - Deputy Head of the Department of Nephrology, Urology and Dialysis - E Hospital said that on the day Typhoon No. 3 Yagi landed in Hanoi, E Hospital received a total of 36 emergency cases. Of which, 16 were surgical emergencies: 10 were emergency cases due to patients having accidents related to Typhoon No. 3; 20 were internal medicine emergencies.
Case of patient NTD (female, 68 years old, in Bac Giang province) was hospitalized with severe left chest pain accompanied by difficulty breathing, sweating, pain spreading to the neck, left arm and back... Previously, the patient was monitored at a local medical facility, however, when the condition became more severe, the patient was transferred to the emergency room at the Cardiovascular Center, E Hospital. Through X-ray images, echocardiography... the doctors determined that the patient had an acute myocardial infarction, requiring early intervention to ensure the patient's life.
According to Dr. Ly Duc Ngoc - Deputy Head of the Department of Adult Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, E Hospital, this is one of three cardiovascular emergencies that doctors at the Cardiovascular Center, E Hospital performed intervention and cardiovascular emergency: coronary stent placement for three cases of acute myocardial infarction on the day storm No. 3 made landfall. After the intervention, the health of the three patients was stable.
In order to proactively respond when storm No. 3 makes landfall and prevent flooding of the hospital due to rain after the storm, the Board of Directors of E Hospital directed departments and rooms throughout the hospital to ensure the readiness of human resources, supplies, medicines, chemicals for flood and storm prevention, search and rescue; ensure on-duty work and emergency care 24/7.
Immediately after the storm, the Hospital's Board of Directors held an urgent meeting, assigning tasks to key leaders and on-duty staff. The forces actively cleared fallen trees, cleaned the hospital landscape, and departments to prepare for stable medical examination and treatment activities tomorrow.
