Children die due to delay in medical examination due to Covid-19
Doctor Nguyen Tan Hung, Deputy Head of the Emergency Department, National Children’s Hospital, said that the hospital had just received a 9-day-old newborn in a state of cyanosis, respiratory failure, and circulatory arrest.
Pediatric patients get doctors quickly emergency care and conduct paraclinical tests. The child was diagnosed with a complex congenital heart disease, with a very severe decrease in myocardial contractility. Despite the best efforts of the doctors, the patient did not survive.
The family said that during pregnancy, the child was diagnosed with congenital heart disease. After the birth, the family planned to take the baby to the doctor but unfortunately family with Covid-19. The family plans to wait until the child is recovered from Covid-19, before sending the child to the doctor. A few days before admission, the infant was feeding poorly and was cyanotic.
“If the patient was taken to the doctor’s office earlier by the family, monitored and evaluated, then intervened, operated on early, at the right time, there would be no unfortunate incident,” said Dr. Hung.
According to Dr. Hung, the Covid-19 epidemic is still very complicated, but because of the epidemic, other diseases are not ignored. Children can still have other common diseases such as upper respiratory infections, bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, otitis media, intestinal infections…, especially children with underlying medical conditions. Chronic illness requires periodic re-examination.
Some cases have to be re-examined on time, otherwise it will be life-threatening such as congenital heart disease, kidney failure, etc. Unlike epidemics, underlying diseases can be easily controlled right from the onset by periodic health checks. Through monitoring body parameters, doctors can accurately assess the current health status and provide timely treatment.
Dr. Hung said that now, all hospitals have a thorough screening and classification system for Covid-19 patients to help patients feel secure to visit. Patients at risk, fever, cough, difficulty breathing… are allowed to go to a separate area and be examined in a separate area.
Even emergency patients who have not been tested for Covid-19 will be transferred to the emergency room in a separate area. Emergency personnel are equipped with protective gear to ensure patient safety.
Through this incident, the doctor recommends, parents need to actively monitor and recognize abnormal signs in their children, proactively take their children to the nearest medical facility promptly, do not give up because of the epidemic. through the “golden time” to diagnose and treat children’s diseases.
For children with birth defects or chronic diseases, the family should have the child periodically re-examined according to the doctor’s appointment, avoiding the situation that the child is not examined and treated in time leading to dangerous complications. to children’s lives.
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