A COVID-19 response exercise at the field hospital based at Tien Son Sports Complex in Da Nang city on August 10 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A 68-year-old man from the central province of Quang Nam
has become the 15th person who died of COVID-19-related
complications in Vietnam.
The death was confirmed by Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son.
The man was a resident of Thang Binh district. He was suffering from chronic
renal failure, lung metastatic kidney cancer and type 2 diabetes.
On July 9, the patient was admitted to the Department of Nephrology and
Endocrinology at Da Nang Hospital for treatment. He was discharged from the
hospital on July 22 and returned to .
On July 30, he tested positive for virus and the next day was sent to
Hue Central Hospital No 2 for quarantine and treatment.
From July 31 to August 5, the patient’s condition deteriorated with respiratory
distress, gastrointestinal bleeding, and high fever.
On August 10, his blood pressure dropped and he showed symptoms of vasomotor
disorder. Doctors confirmed his death at 5.30pm.
The cause of death has been recorded as severe COVID-19 pneumonia,
complications of severe respiratory failure, pulmonary artery occlusion in
patients with kidney cancer, bladder and lung metastases, chronic renal failure
and type 2 diabetes.
Among the 847 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date, 399 people have recovered with
434 still being treated.
Meanwhile, no new cases were reported August 11 morning, according to the
National Steering Committee for Prevention and Control.
Almost
166,000 people are currently quarantined at hospitals, medical facilities and
at homes./.
Source: VietnamPlus
