Tandem disease outbreaks among children strain HCMC hospitals

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Source: http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=52520

Thursday, September 17, 2009 22:32:27 Vietnam (GMT+07)

Tandem disease outbreaks among children strain HCMC hospitals


Multiple disease outbreaks have hit Ho Chi Minh City children in recent weeks and hospitals are receiving patients in record numbers.

Nearly 13,000 children were brought to the bigger pediatric hospitals in the city for examination on Monday.

?Many disease outbreaks are taking place at the same time,? Dr. Tang Chi Thuong, director of HCMC Children Hospital No.1, said on Tuesday.

?The hospital is working at its full capacity, as the number of patients coming for examination and treatment has seen a record increase.?

It is estimated that 220 children were receiving treatment at the hospital?s infectious diseases department on Monday. More than 90 of these have the hand-foot-mouth disease, over 30 have swine flu and another 20 has been diagnosed with meningitis.

As the department has just 120 beds, all available space has taken to accommodate the children.

Dr. Le Bich Lien, head of the hospital?s Dengue Fever Department, said her department was also treating up to 150 kids, almost double their existing bed capacity.

The Respiratory Diseases Department, meanwhile, recorded the highest-ever number of child patients on Monday, at 280, according to Dr. Tran Anh Tuan, head of the department.

Thuong said these days the hospital is providing health examination service up to 10 p.m., while it is often ended at 8 p.m.

Children?s Hospital No.2 has seen the number of patients nearly double from 2,800-3,000 a week ago, said Dr. Trinh Huu Tung.

Doctors at several hospitals said that besides dengue, foot-hand-mouth disease and H1N1 flu, respiratory diseases are also peaking this month due to heavy rains.

Another reason for a sharp increase in the number of daily patients is that most parents bring their kids to hospitals even when they have normal fever, fearing the kids may catch swine flu.

Abnormalities

Doctors also warned that several of the disease patterns are going through unexpected changes, so care had to be taken when diagnosing and treating them.

The hand-foot-mouth disease, for example, should have lessened in July and August, but it?s showing no sign of receding and some cases have turned critical, said Dr. Truong Huu Khanh, head of Children Hospital No.1?s Infectious Diseases Department.

In fact, over the past two weeks the number of children hospitalized for the viral infections has increased by over 100 percent year-on-year. Every day between five and seven children are falling into the diseases? third or fourth stages.

Dr. Lien, said this year the dengue fever outbreak seemed to hit earlier than usual this year.

This year it doubled in May compared to the beginning of the year, and has kept climbing since, instead of increasing gradually and peaking in June as usual, she explained.

Dr. Nguyen Dac Tho, vice director of the HCMC Preventive Health Center, said the number of dengue patients will continue increasing in September and October.

The current weekly figure of nearly 400 cases may rise to around 500 within the next few weeks, according to Le Truong Giang, deputy director of the city?s Health Department.

In the meantime, the Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported another 262 people had tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) virus, increasing the country?s tally to 5,164.

Six of them have died, while 4,501 have been discharged after full recovery.

Source: Tuoi Tre

 

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Re: Tandem disease outbreaks among children strain HCMC hospitals

'Phuket hard' child respiratory illness in many institutions

Faculty respiratory overload, patients must be on the same pair 5-6 baby bed, others are corridors; the baby is not too heavy, then returned home to her parents to follow. Status of this happening in many hospitals in HCM City.


Statistics from the Children's Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh City, said, in just 21 / 9, the children were taken to examine the parent reaches record 6442 cases. In particular, related to respiratory diseases such as cough, runny nose, pneumonia, acute bronchitis sub-account for about 80%.
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Two patients have been brought to examination, the bed is still four children are inserted together. Photo: The Emperor.

Representative Office of Planning - General Children's Hospital for two, respiratory pathology began overtime by a few weeks ago, however, the volume of patients as yesterday is the phenomenon that many years have not not occur.

"Overload phenomenon in the medical examination took place. We have to concentrate all forces doctor, take advantage of the administrative office of the Department of Health where a new medical advance enough for the baby," a doctor said .

As well as representatives of Planning Office - General, to examine the phenomenon of young winter caused children hospitalized also increased significantly. In just 21 / 9, Scientific Respiratory had 213 children are treated, many baby bed is not enough. To light 22/9, 80 grandchildren have also recently admitted to the Respiratory science.

Children's Hospital 1, the amount of children to examine mutations also increased from more than a week. Specifically, on the peak had nearly seven thousand children were brought to examination, in which the child has expressed pathological respiratory majority. Most patients live in HCMC.

This morning, children of ill need hospital treatment in science Respiratory hospital has more than 200 baby. Overload, there are beds, many new cases was 10 months old must be always the lobby to wait for beds. Sidewalks Administrative Region Scientific Respiratory almost no space.

In the rooms save the patients treated, most beds are packed. Rooms only have a wide m2 but had to insert another baby is six. Among hospitalized patients, 40% living in HCMC. Remainder came from the provinces.

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Customer lang Scientific Respiratory Hospital Children a packed patients. Photo: The Emperor.

Doctor Tran Anh Tuan, Dean Respiratory Hospital for Children 1st, the phenomenon of increasing patients began in August, however, two weeks, increasing to become clear. Babies mainly respiratory infections, pneumonia, acute bronchitis state. The disease mutation was overtime pose explain the respiratory disease season has arrived and will extend at least until the end of November.

Tuan also by doctors, for disease prevention for children, parents should pay attention to baby clothing system at hot sun; keep warm rain on the wind; not to air conditioning or direction directly to the young fan.

"In addition to the usual respiratory diseases, as influenza H1N1 is translated complicated development in the community, parents should also limit the child to crowded places and not to close contact with young people and have a cold or if necessary, children can bring a mask, "the doctor said Tuan.

Besides respiratory pathology, children hospitalized for infections diseases - Nervous at the Children's Hospital and a Children's also second overtime.

We average each day, science hemorrhagic fever first Children's Hospital inpatient treatment for nearly 100 cases, many children with shock level 3. Faculty Hospital Infection also has approximately 80 baby infected limbs mouth.

Planning - General Children's Hospital and for two, three weeks in early September, there were 438 cases of hospitalization due to dengue and 1111 children treated by the infected limbs mouth. :tiphat:http://tintuc.timnhanh.com/toptin/s...t-cung-tre-mac-benh-ho-hap-o-cac-vien-nhi.htm

 

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Re: Tandem disease outbreaks among children strain HCMC hospitals

"In addition to the usual respiratory diseases, as influenza H1N1 is translated complicated development in the community, parents should also limit the child to crowded places and not to close contact with young people and have a cold or if necessary, children can bring a mask, "the doctor said Tuan.

Besides respiratory pathology, children hospitalized for infections diseases - Nervous at the Children's Hospital and a Children's also second overtime.

We average each day, science hemorrhagic fever first Children's Hospital inpatient treatment for nearly 100 cases, many children with shock level 3. Faculty Hospital Infection also has approximately 80 baby infected limbs mouth.

Planning - General Children's Hospital and for two, three weeks in early September, there were 438 cases of hospitalization due to dengue and 1111 children treated by the infected limbs mouth. :tiphat:http://tintuc.timnhanh.com/toptin/s...t-cung-tre-mac-benh-ho-hap-o-cac-vien-nhi.htm

Translation? In addition to H1N1, Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease ("infected limbs mouth"), hemorrhagic fever and dengue. Seems that with such overcrowding it would be difficult to test and confirm illnesses with similar/overlapping symptoms.