Sally Furniss
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Wrong diagnoses almost kill two in delta hospital
Last updated: 8/19/2010 16:30
Huynh Thi Day, a 28-year-old resident, visited Hong Dan District General Hospital in Bac Lieu on July 13 with a stomachache. Day was X-rayed, had a cardiogram done and her blood tested. She was also examined by five doctors including hospital director Pham Van Tung. Two days later, a paper signed by doctor Quach Nghia Doan said she had ?infectious diarrhea?.
But her condition worsened using the prescribed medicine. Her belly got bigger and became painful that she couldn?t walk. Day said at the time, she just thought ?it doesn?t make sense? that the doctors would make a wrong diagnosis.
Day suffered for about a week until her husband took her to Medic Thanh Vu General Hospital, a private hospital, where she was diagnosed as having general peritonitis as part of her appendix had ruptured. She was operated on immediately and recovered.
?If I had stayed home and used the diarrhea medicine prescribed for a few more days, I wouldn?t have been alive to complain about this,? she said.
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Last updated: 8/19/2010 16:30
Huynh Thi Day, a 28-year-old resident, visited Hong Dan District General Hospital in Bac Lieu on July 13 with a stomachache. Day was X-rayed, had a cardiogram done and her blood tested. She was also examined by five doctors including hospital director Pham Van Tung. Two days later, a paper signed by doctor Quach Nghia Doan said she had ?infectious diarrhea?.
But her condition worsened using the prescribed medicine. Her belly got bigger and became painful that she couldn?t walk. Day said at the time, she just thought ?it doesn?t make sense? that the doctors would make a wrong diagnosis.
Day suffered for about a week until her husband took her to Medic Thanh Vu General Hospital, a private hospital, where she was diagnosed as having general peritonitis as part of her appendix had ruptured. She was operated on immediately and recovered.
?If I had stayed home and used the diarrhea medicine prescribed for a few more days, I wouldn?t have been alive to complain about this,? she said.
more
http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20100819164217.aspx