On December 4, the Emergency Department of Ha Tinh General Hospital received three patients from the same family who suffered from CO poisoning due to burning coal for heating in a closed room.
The patients were identified as Nguyen Thi Anh Tuyen (26 years old), Hoang Thi Hong (59 years old, Tuyen's biological mother) and Tuyen's 13-day-old baby.
The patients were admitted to the hospital in a state of drowsiness and difficulty breathing. Doctors diagnosed CO poisoning.
A charcoal pot left in a closed room overnight caused gas poisoning in three members of a family. Photo: CACC
After receiving them, the doctors of the Emergency Department of Poison Control performed emergency treatment according to the CO poisoning treatment protocol. Ms. Tuyen and Ms. Hong's condition has worsened so they are expected to be transferred to a higher level. The newborn baby is being given oxygen and is being monitored and treated.
Earlier, at around 7am the same day, Ms. Tuyen's mother-in-law went to her in-laws' house to visit her newborn daughter-in-law, but no one answered her calls. Worried that something bad was about to happen, Ms. Tuyen's mother-in-law called her son, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thong, and a neighbor to break down the door to get in.
Arriving home, Mr. Thong and his neighbors broke the door to enter and discovered Ms. Tuyen, her mother-in-law and her 12-day-old baby lying unconscious on the bed, with a warm charcoal pot next to them.
It is known that the incident occurred in a room only about 10 square meters wide and the charcoal pot was placed on the night of December 3rd with the room door closed.
Upon receiving the news, Ich Hau Commune Police and medical staff arrived at the scene, provided first aid to the victims and quickly took them to the hospital for emergency treatment.
Thu Hien
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