10 kidney patients of medical incident discharged from hospital

A patient receives at Bach Mai Hospital Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Ten receiving free treatment at Bach Mai
Hospital Hanoi after a at Hoa Binh General Hospital have recovered
and were discharged from the hospital on June 8.

The patients will continue receiving outpatient treatment (periodical dialysis)
three times per week at .

Seven patients died on May 29 with suspected anaphylactic shock while receiving
treatment at the General Hospital of Hoa Binh province. 

Once the deaths were reported, the provincial General Hospital turned off its
dialysis machines and transferred the living patients to Hoa Binh city’s
General Hospital and Hanoi-based Bach Mai hospital for emergency treatment.

One patient died on June 4, bringing the death toll to eight.

The professional council of the Hoa Binh Department of Health is working to
make an official conclusion on the cause of the incident.-VNA