During the holiday season, Viet Duc Hospital received over 700 emergency cases, with more than half of them being related to daily life and occupational accidents. Doctor Nguyen Xuan Hoa, who heads the Department of Digestive Surgery and was on duty in the emergency room on May 1, mentioned that the number of patients visiting the emergency room doubled compared to normal days, with an average of 150 emergency cases each day.
Dr. Hoa stated that the injuries sustained in daily life and occupational accidents varied and included traumatic brain injuries, abdominal and chest injuries, broken limbs, and multiple injuries. For instance, a 39-year-old male taxi driver was admitted to the hospital in a coma with multiple injuries after crashing into an electric pole on his way home from work. Another patient, a 42-year-old female, was hospitalized due to a traffic accident that resulted in closed chest injury, grade 3 liver damage, and a wrist injury.
During the holiday season, Viet Duc Hospital organized an emergency surgery team with 25-30 doctors and nurses to handle the increased patient load. Despite the decrease in traffic accidents compared to the previous holiday period, there were still 347 accidents nationwide, resulting in 138 deaths and 285 injuries, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
