Deputy PM requests dealing with medical incident in Hoa Binh

In Bach Mai hospital (Source: VNA)

Hoa Binh (VNA) – Deputy Prime
Minister Vu Duc Dam has requested the Ministry of Health, the Department of
Health and and Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital
to mobilise all available resources to save 11 who are
receiving dialysis at the hospitals.

Earlier, seven other patients died on May 29
with suspected while receiving treatment at the General
Hospital of Hoa Binh province.

Dam immediately came to the northern
province of Hoa Binh to extend his sympathy to families of the dead and visit
patients undergoing treatment.

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.

Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Health
Ministry’s Medical Examination and Treatment Department, led a working group to
Hoa Binh the same day to deal with the incident.

Four doctors from Bach Mai hospital also went
to the province to deliver assistance

During a working session with leaders of the
provincial Health Department, Dam asked them to collaborate with the working
group to detect the incident’s cause and clarify the responsibilities of
individuals and units concerned.

The outcomes must be reported to the Health
Ministry by May 30.-VNA