On 5.5, the leader of the Department of Health of Nam Dinh province said that the Department of Health had a report to the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment - Ministry of Health and the Provincial People's Committee on the process of emergency examination of patients at Nam Dinh General Hospital spread on social networks, including the content "Paying enough money to go to emergency".
According to the report, the verification results of the Provincial General Hospital (until 8h on 5.5), at 16h03 on 3.5, the hospital received M.T.A patient (4 years old) with a traffic accident (brought in by 2 others), in a state of: alert, fussy, 140 times/minute, breathing 20 times/minute, pink mucosal skin, no bleeding wounds, rubbing left wounds, rubbing left wounds, rubbing bleed The patient was examined at an emergency clinic with orthopedic injuries and general external emergency clinics, identified as an initial diagnosis of multiple trauma: chest injury, closed abdomen due to traffic accidents.
The patient was assigned the following tests: abdominal CT- sc sc sc scanner, thoracic CT- sc sc sc scanning, chest X-ray, abdominal ultrasound, blood testing.
After paraclinical examination, the patient was diagnosed with multiple injuries: closed chest injury, closed abdominal injury due to a traffic accident. The patient continued to receive emergency treatment, resuscitation, fluids, and pain relief. At 5:45 p.m. the same day (May 3), the patient was transferred to the National Children's Hospital.
The report stated a number of additional contents related to handling administrative procedures for examining and treating patient M.T.A. Initially, the patient entered the examination (at 4:03) without any documents. The patient was examined immediately (though not registered for examination and paid), prescribed for paraclinical tests; then the hospital staff instructed the person to register for administrative procedures.
During the examination, indication of paraclinical tests and treatment, the person who brought the patient arrived with an advance payment of 500,000 VND. Hospital staff have performed administrative procedures on the hospital management software system so that patients do not have to pay additional advance payment.
Medical staff discussed with each other to perform administrative procedures for patients. The process of exchanging between health care workers is as follows: "Health care workers 1: how to get a boarding house without paying or not? Medical staff 2: 500,000 VND has been paid. Medical staff 1: How can I get 500,000 VND?" During the discussion, the person who brought the patient (the person who filmed the video) stood near the medical staff group.
At around 5:00 p.m., the patient's parents arrived, the team of doctors on duty for emergency care discussed the patient's condition with the family, the family agreed with the hospital's treatment plan: transfer to higher-level facilities.
Also according to the report, the provincial General Hospital has taken responsibility for the incident. Initially, the hospital suspended a number of health workers to verify the case. The verification team is continuing to verify and work with a number of related individuals to clarify the case; Continuing to review the process of receiving emergency treatment of M.T.A patients in particular and the process of emergency, medical examination and treatment in general. At the same time, continue to rectify the spirit, communication and medical attitude of health workers. Violations will be strictly handled in accordance with regulations.
Speaking to Lao Dong Newspaper, the leader of Nam Dinh Provincial Department of Health added that Nam Dinh Provincial Department of Health and General Hospital have worked with the person who filmed the clip of the incident.
As a result of the meeting, the clip of the clip did not specify who said "enough money to be taken to the emergency room", but only said that the hospital kept extracting the hospital's camera, the information would know. Nam Dinh General Hospital has extracted the camera but has not detected the above information.
The Director of the Nam Dinh Provincial Department of Health has requested Nam Dinh General Hospital to immediately establish a verification team, inviting the police to participate in further verifying the incident in the clip posted on social media.
