Ha Tinh: The girl who tested for covid-19 had a red nose with a cotton ball, what did the leader of the health station say?

03/17/2022 09:05 GMT+7

Baby QA must use his hand to hold a cotton ball to press a nose tightly, preventing blood from flowing out.

Recently, on social networks, a picture of a girl about 7-8 years old sitting on a chair (supposedly to be tested for Covid-19 at a commune health station) had a lot of nosebleeds. The girl’s mask and even her dress had many red stains. The baby had to use a large cotton ball to press firmly on one side of his nose to stop the blood from coming out.

The person who posted the baby’s picture said that the Kim Hoa medical station (Huong Son district) tested for Covid-19 and caused the child’s nose to bleed.

PV Infonet contacted the leader of Kim Hoa commune health station (Huong Son district, Ha Tinh province) to find out the incident. Mr. Nguyen Van Thang, deputy head of the station, said that on the morning of March 15, NQA (born in 2014, residing in the old Son Mai commune, now Kim Linh village, Kim Hoa commune) accompanied his relatives to the medical station for a quick test. Covid-19. According to the report, QA child suffered from upper respiratory tract infection, inflammation of the nasal wall leading to a lot of asthmatic cough, his family took him to be tested and the result was positive for Covid-19.

Explaining the cause of the child’s nosebleed while taking the test sample, Mr. Thang informed: “The person who took the sample was doctor Nguyen Trong Nghia (SN 1971, residing in Pho Chau town). Mr. Nghia is a senior employee who has worked for many years at the unit. During the sampling process, when I was inserting the test stick deeply, I turned my head, causing nosebleeds.”

Also according to Mr. Thang, so far, there has been no similar case in Kim Hoa commune health station. In particular, in the past, only when there was a source of infection of F1, F0 from the southern provinces, they tested, not like now, when people hear coughs and colds, people go to the test station immediately.

Tran Hoan