H1N1 flu broke out in the Mekong Delta

Within a month, the West region had at least 12 cases of positive for influenza A / H1N1 virus that killed 5 people. The health sector in the Mekong Delta provinces is urgently dealing with deadly epidemics.

On the afternoon of June 28, Mr. Tran Phong Nha, Director of Hau Giang Provincial Preventive Medicine Center, said the locality had deaths from the first H1N1 flu, Mr. Ly Van Thanh (55 years) in Hamlet 12, Commune. Vinh Vien, Long My district. Mr. Thanh coughed, fevered on June 18 and treated at a private health facility for nearly a week but did not stop. On June 24, he was taken to Long My District General Hospital by his family and then transferred to 121 Military Hospital in Can Tho City for treatment.

Due to severe illness, Mr. Nguyen died on June 26. Test results of HCMC Pasteur Institute determined that patients were positive for influenza A / H1N1 virus. At present, 6 people in the household directly infected Mr. Thanh with isolation and taking samples for testing. The health sector of Hau Giang province also conducts spray to kill pathogens, treat the environment, instruct Mr. Thanh's relatives and neighboring households to take measures to prevent influenza.

Located among the provinces that have positive cases for influenza A / H1N1, Soc Trang province is strengthening disease prevention.At the beginning of this month, Soc Trang had a few cases suspected of being infected with influenza A, but the test results were negative.(Photo: Duy Khang)

Yesterday afternoon, Ca Mau Provincial Preventive Medicine Center held an emergency meeting with hospitals, health centers of districts and cities to discuss plans to prevent H1N1 flu when the province had 3 positive cases for the virus. These are Mr. Le Hoang Be, Director of Department of Home Affairs of Ca Mau Province; Ms. Tran Thi Mua (30 years old) in Cai Doi Vam town of Phu Tan district and Mr. Luong Van Racing (67 years old) in Nguyen Plug commune, U Minh district.

According to the health sector, before he got sick, he went to Hanoi. Nearly 10 days before his return to Ca Mau, he went to the Provincial Health Care Protection Committee to examine with hot symptoms. After that, Director of Department of Home Affairs was transferred to Ca Mau Province General Hospital to treat but the disease was worse. In the morning of June 26, patients with high fever and shortness of breath should be transferred to Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital (HCMC). Here, samples are sent for testing, positive for influenza A / H1N1 virus.

Ms Mua had a disease four days ago. She bought her own medicine but did not run out of fever but kept coughing so the family brought it to Cai Nuoc General Hospital for treatment. As soon as the sample was sent to the laboratory, the hospital gave the patient a dose of influenza A medication immediately and made a quarantine to prevent infection. Mr. Race alone, after more than 10 days of treatment, became healthy again, preparing to leave the hospital.

Talking to the PV, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Dan, Director of Ca Mau Preventive Health Center said that in addition to propagandizing the awareness of disease prevention for early relatives to come to medical facilities when symptoms of flu, owner The industry is to give patients the medication to treat the influenza A / H1N1 regimen when they arrive at the hospital, not wait until the test results are available.

"Waiting for new test results to take the medicine for the flu is dead when the patient dies. Give the medicine right away if the flu is suspected, it will not cost much and it will not affect the patient's health , " Dan said. Family members and 3 officials who went to work with the director of Ca Mau Department of Home Affairs (infected) were sampled and sent for testing. A few dozen people who were exposed to positive patients were also quarantined, taking flu medication even though they were not hot.

The health sector recommends that people go to health facilities early for symptoms of prolonged fever.(Photo: Duy Khang)

Only from the beginning of June until now the West has at least 12 cases of influenza A / H1N1 infection. The first is the death of Mr. Ly Kim Sen (60 years old) in An Long commune, Tam Nong district (Dong Thap) on June 3. According to his family, before Mr. Sen's illness, he could eat duck meat cooked by others. At the same time, many officials of the Tien Giang Provincial Department of Justice were hot and feverish. Test results have 4 positive staff for H1N1, the health of these patients has stabilized after 10 days of treatment by using the right regimen as well as early medical visits to health checkups.

Not as lucky as the officials of Tien Giang Department of Justice, Mrs. Phan in Ben Tre, Ms. Lai and Mr. Luong, Vinh Long died of H1N1. Along with the first case in Dong Thap and the latest in Hau Giang, by this time, the West had 5 people killed by influenza A / H1N1.

Mr. Vo Thanh Nga, Director of the Preventive Medicine Center of Soc Trang province said that at the beginning of this month, there were a few cases of suspected cases of influenza. The test sample has a negative result and the patients are already healthy. According to Mr. Nga, along with the prevention of dengue fever, acute diarrhea, the A / H1N1 flu is being strengthened regularly by the locality to make people aware of disease prevention and reporting center monitoring process. Daily disease outbreak to the Ministry of Health.

In Ben Tre, Director of Health Department Ngo Van Can said that he had prepared a number of medicines to be ready for patients to use when epidemics occurred; propaganda, coordinating with local organizations to explain the mechanism of disease transmission and instructions on how to prevent and control epidemics.

According to Can, the influenza A / H1N1 in Ben Tre is well controlled by the health sector. However, localities that are not neglected by climate change will genetically alter the cycle and change epidemics continuously, not according to the predetermined cycle of 3 or 5 years. here. Therefore, the health sector must be vigilant about the high level of disease to minimize death.