The most serious victim of the cruise ship collision suffered 'ruptured organs and severed arms'

Ho Chi Minh City: A 36-year-old male tour guide suffered multiple injuries, including a severed elbow, after a boat carrying 42 foreign tourists collided with a ferry on the Tien River.

On April 20, Dr. Le Dinh Hai, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Cho Ray Hospital, said that the patient was admitted to the hospital early that morning with a very fast pulse and unmeasurable blood pressure. Doctors from many specialties consulted and determined that the patient had traumatic shock, ruptured organs, and a crushed right elbow. The tour guide also had many broken bones in places such as the femur on both sides, the right patella, the left shin, the left ankle...

The medical team performed resuscitation, intubated and placed on a ventilator, and transferred him to emergency surgery. The patient's abdominal cavity contained a lot of feces, crushed and perforated the rectum, serosa, and duodenum, which were sutured by the gastroenterologist. In addition, the orthopedic trauma team performed debridement and reconstruction of the stump of the right arm, debridement of the thigh and lower leg, and splinting of the broken bone.

"The patient is on a ventilator post-surgery and receiving intensive care, but unfortunately the team could not save the arm," the doctor said.

This is the most serious injury case when a boat carrying 42 foreign tourists from Phnom Penh, Cambodia to Chau Doc, crossing the Tien River in Tan Chau town, An Giang , collided with a ferry on the afternoon of April 19. The accident also caused German and French tourists (57 and 67 years old) to break their legs, who were treated at FV Hospital.

The ship owner said the vehicle was hit while trying to cross a ferry at a section of the Tien River where many sand barges obscured visibility. The company is cooperating with the investigation agency to clarify the cause of the accident. Authorities determined that both the ship captain and the ferry driver had no alcohol or drug levels.

Le Phuong

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