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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Vietnam : Kids with dengue, respiratory diseases inundate hospitals

Via Viet Nam News :

" HCM CITY : More and more children with respiratory diseases and dengue fever are being admitted to HCM City hospitals, including many with severe complications.

Last Sunday there were nearly 80 kids with dengue at the Paediatric Hospital No.1, which is receiving around 20 of them daily.

The Paediatric Hospital No2 and Hospital for Tropical Diseases have also seen an increase in the number of dengue cases, with the latter admitting nearly 50 patients just last week.

Dr Le Bich Lien, deputy head of the Paediatric Hospital No.1, said nearly 15 per cent of the hospitalised children are under shock.

She said if parents discover their children having symptoms likes high temperature for two days, nosebleed, and vomiting of blood, they should take them immediately to hospitals.
Breathing diseases on the rise"

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