10 victims of mini apartment fire discharged from hospital

On the afternoon of September 22, 10 victims of the mini apartment fire on Khuong Ha Street were discharged from Bach Mai Hospital. Among the 10 patients discharged today, the oldest is 81 years old and the youngest is only 7 years old.

"We congratulate the first 10 patients discharged from the hospital. We hope that the patients will put aside their grief and take care of their health and that of their families," Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co - Director of Bach Mai Hospital said during the discharge ceremony for 10 patients of the mini apartment fire in Khuong Ha.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, one of the 10 people discharged from the hospital, shared that the fire left him without a home to return to, but fortunately, all four members of his family were safe and were taken to Bach Mai Hospital for emergency treatment.

"We would like to thank the doctors and nurses at Bach Mai Hospital for their active treatment of my family," Mr. Hung said, sharing that it will take a long time for life to return to normal, but he believes that as long as the whole family is together, they will overcome all difficulties.

Mr. Hung and his family of four will live at his wife's house while they look for a new place to live so their children can return to school.

The patients were discharged from the hospital.

Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Giap - Deputy Director of Bach Mai Hospital informed that in the early morning of September 13, the hospital received 26 victims, including 2 critical cases, coma and severe respiratory failure, whole body purple and black, 2 people with multiple injuries, 7 children, the youngest 8 months old and 1 elderly person with many underlying diseases.

A few days later, the unit received 5 more cases transferred from home and other hospitals in Hanoi . The total number of cases treated was 31.

As soon as the first patient was admitted, Bach Mai Hospital activated the emergency system, concentrating all resources, supplies, and equipment to ensure rescue. Most of the patients admitted to the hospital were in a state of CO poisoning. In addition, some people jumped from high floors and suffered multiple injuries.

The hospital established a special task force with experts from many fields, emergency, anti-poison, pediatrics, neurology, and psychiatry. Victims were assessed comprehensively from the cardiovascular, neurological, brain, respiratory systems when inhaling toxic smoke, and treated according to their expertise.

In addition to the 10 discharged patients, the remaining 21 patients continue to be monitored, treated with hyperbaric oxygen to prevent brain complications due to CO poisoning and receive psychological therapy.

Today, hospital doctors operated on a patient injured after jumping from the 9th floor to the 6th floor of the building next door.

Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co hopes that patients will put aside their grief and take care of their health and that of their families.

Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co added that among the 31 victims of the mini apartment fire who were hospitalized, 4 victims were in critical condition.

As of this morning, there is only one seriously ill person, Major NVC (border guard), with severe CO poisoning, intubated, still on a ventilator, not out of anesthesia, being monitored at the Intensive Care Center.

“We are consulting with foreign experts to try to save the patient,” Mr. Co said, adding that the remaining three are recovering well.

In the process of treating fire victims, in addition to health, the hospital also cares about their lives and mental health.

Those whose relatives have unfortunately met with an accident and face many psychological traumas are supported by the hospital to deal with psychological problems so they can feel secure during treatment.

As soon as the first patient was admitted, Bach Mai Hospital activated the emergency system, concentrating all resources, supplies, and equipment to ensure rescue.

In the mini apartment fire on Khuong Ha Street, Bach Mai Hospital received 26 cases of fire victims suffering from toxic smoke inhalation at different levels, including 2 critically ill patients; 2 patients with multiple trauma; 7 pediatric patients (youngest 8 months old); 1 oldest patient (81 years old).

From September 14 to September 22, the hospital received 5 more cases (most had symptoms of smoke inhalation, a few had symptoms of CO poisoning). Currently, Bach Mai Hospital received a total of 31 patients, 1 severe case in intensive care, 1 case of heel injury, 19 cases with improvement needing further monitoring, 10 cases are stable and discharged .

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