A team of doctors from the General Surgery Department of Dak Lak General Hospital successfully performed surgery on a ruptured heart case, saving the life of patient Doan Thien Tung, born in 1983 (photo).
The patient, a resident of Thanh Nhat Ward, Buon Ma Thuot City, suffered a traffic accident (the incident resulted in one fatality at the scene and left two others severely injured) and was admitted to the hospital at 12:10 AM on July 8 in a coma, with pale and ashen skin due to blood loss, and dilated pupils…
Doctors diagnosed the patient with a ruptured heart due to severe chest trauma and proceeded with emergency surgery. By 5 AM, the patient had regained consciousness, and their blood pressure and pulse stabilized… By the afternoon of July 11, the patient had recovered sufficiently to eat porridge and could talk…
This is the first instance of a successful heart rupture rescue at Dak Lak General Hospital.
Reported by: KIM OANH-THẾ THẮNG
