Illustrative image (Source: VNA) HCM
City (VNA) – More than 6,500 people were admitted to hospitals in HCM
City over the recent four-day holiday because of traffic accidents, physical
fights, and food poisoning, among other reasons, according to the city’s Health
Department.
From
April 29 to May 1, of the 39,886 people visiting hospitals for emergencies or
, 825 cases were due to traffic accidents, 174 to fighting
incidents, and 37 to food poisoning, among others.
Most
people involved in had been drinking too much alcohol and
driving over the speed limit.
Doctors
at 57 hospitals in HCM City carried out 1,012 operations, with 11 for traumatic
brain injury, the department said, adding that there were a total of 25 deaths.
Dr.
Nguyen Dinh Phu, Deputy Director of People’s Hospital 115, said that three
people died at People’s Hospital 115 on May 1.
The
city’s Preventive Medicine Centre said there were no major Zika or hemorrhagic
fever outbreaks during the holiday.
The
number of surged in Hanoi as well, with Viet Duc Hospital
taking most cases.
Dr.
Tran Ha Phuong of Viet Duc Hospital said that, of the 365 patients admitted to
the hospital as of May 2, 215 of them had been involved in traffic accidents.
Though
five operating rooms were open during the holiday, many patients had to wait
due to an overload, she said, adding that there were about 30 surgeries
performed in each room per day.
Nghe
An province saw a similar circumstance, with the number of patients increasing
by 200 percent during the holiday.
Nghe
An Friendship General Hospital, Orthopedics Hospital, and Hospital 115 admitted
over 500 patients, with 40 percent of them due to traffic accidents while
others suffered heat stroke and alcohol poisoning, among other causes.
Dr.
Ngo Van Thiet of Nghe An Friendship General Hospital said that people need to
avoid engaging in outdoor activities in the hot weather and to refrain from
driving after drinking alcoholic beverages.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
