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Treating A/H1N1 patients in Khanh Hoa (Photo:Laodong) |
The patient, Huynh Thanh Tuan, 30, living in Vinh Thanh commune, Nha Trang city, was hospitalised on February 5, with flu-like symptoms such as coughing, breathing difficultly, seriously respiratory inefficiency and viscera failure.
He was given continuous dialysis treatment at a quarantined intensive care room.
The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam (OUCRU), based at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, reported on February 11 Tuan’s blood samples tested positive for the deadly flu strain A/H1N1.
The Nha Trang Pasteur Institute and HCM City Pasteur Institute also produced similar testing results.
The provincial General Hospital is currently treating four other A/H1N1 patients.
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