Two more people die of COVID-related complications

treament given to patients with underlying health conditions (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Two more people have died of , taking the
death toll in Vietnam since the beginning of the pandemic to 74.

The
44-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes, of Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh
City, tested positive for SARS-COV-2 on June 14.

He was taken
to with breathing difficulty and had to use
an oxygen mask.

The patient
was treated in intensive care with mechanical ventilation through
endotracheal tube, sedation, muscle relaxant, antibiotics, anticoagulants,
anti-inflammatory drugs, insulin and vasopressor.

However, due
to the patient’s underlying conditions and poor response to treatment,
although the hospital tried its best to treat him, the patient died at 1:32am
on June 22.

His cause of
death has been recorded as severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia complicated by acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), septic shock, and multi-organ failure in
patients with type 2 diabetes.

The female
patient, of An Minh district, Kien Giang province, with type 2 diabetes,
hypertension and pulmonary tuberculosis that she completed treatment for 10
years ago.

On June 16,
the patient, who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, was taken to the Pham Ngoc Thach
Hospital for treatment in a state of respiratory failure and had to breathe
through an oxygen mask.

The patient
was treated in intensive care with mechanical ventilation through
endotracheal tube, sedation, muscle relaxant, antibiotics, anticoagulants,
anti-inflammatory drugs, insulin, vasopressor. However, due to her age, severe
underlying disease and poor response to treatment, she died at midnight on
Wednesday.

Her cause of
death has been recorded as severe pneumonia complicated by acute
respiratory failure (ARDS), septic shock in patients with hypertension, type 2
diabetes and pulmonary sequelae./.