COVID-19 test samples – Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A in district in the central
city of has become the 18th patient who died of
-related complications, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son
announced on August 13.
The patient had suffered from end-stage
chronical kidney failure, hypertension and diabetes Type 2.
She was treated at the Da Nang Hospital
from July 15-31, during which she tested positive for the coronavirus that
causes the disease.
On July 31, the patient was transferred to
the Da Nang Lung Hospital. The next day, she suffered respiratory failure and
shortness of breath, and was moved to Da Nang Hospital’s Department of Tropical
Medicine.
She was transferred to Hoa Vang Health
Centre on August 4 for further treatment and was confirmed death at 7pm on
August 12.
Doctors attributed her death to severe
pneumonia caused by COVID-19 with underlying diseases of end-stage chronical
kidney failure, hypertension and diabetes Type 2./.
Source: VietnamPlus
