Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Saturday ,Dec 11,2010, Posted at: 16:50(GMT+7)
Diseases break out in southern region
The number of children and the elderly infected with respiratory diseases, dengue fever and cholera has soared in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces.
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At the HCMC Children Hospital No.1, the respiratory department has been overwhelmed with 200-230 children a day. There are only 100 sick beds in the hospital, and several children have been treated for pneumonia, bronchitis and asthma.
In addition, the number of children hospitalsed is also on the rise, and most of them come from the Mekong Delta.
Similarly, in the HCMC Children Hospital No.2, respiratory and digestion departments are overcrowded with sick children. The hospital has treated at least 3,000 children a day, several of them suffering from respiratory and digestion diseases.
A doctor said that on average, he treats about 60 to 70 children a day, but now it is over 100 children a day.
The Pasteur Institute in the city said that since the beginning of the year, the southern region has been infected with over 64,800 patients suffering from dengue fever, with 65 people dying from this disease.
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By Tuong Lam ? Translated by Ngoc Thanh
Diseases break out in southern region
The number of children and the elderly infected with respiratory diseases, dengue fever and cholera has soared in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces.
...
At the HCMC Children Hospital No.1, the respiratory department has been overwhelmed with 200-230 children a day. There are only 100 sick beds in the hospital, and several children have been treated for pneumonia, bronchitis and asthma.
In addition, the number of children hospitalsed is also on the rise, and most of them come from the Mekong Delta.
Similarly, in the HCMC Children Hospital No.2, respiratory and digestion departments are overcrowded with sick children. The hospital has treated at least 3,000 children a day, several of them suffering from respiratory and digestion diseases.
A doctor said that on average, he treats about 60 to 70 children a day, but now it is over 100 children a day.
The Pasteur Institute in the city said that since the beginning of the year, the southern region has been infected with over 64,800 patients suffering from dengue fever, with 65 people dying from this disease.
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By Tuong Lam ? Translated by Ngoc Thanh