3 Nghe An medical staff donated blood to save the life of a postpartum woman suffering from hemorrhage

(Baonghean.vn) - After giving birth, Ms. Soa suffered from postpartum hemorrhage and needed a lot of blood for emergency treatment. In the life-and-death moment, 3 medical staff at Thanh Chuong District General Hospital (Nghe An) donated blood and saved the mother's life.

The person rescued was Ms. Pham Thi Soa, 36 years old, pregnant for the third time, 41 weeks pregnant, in hamlet 1, Hanh Lam commune, Thanh Chuong district.

Ms. Soa was admitted to the hospital to give birth on August 21. On the evening of August 26, Ms. Soa went into labor and gave birth naturally to a son. A few minutes after giving birth, Ms. Soa unfortunately suffered an obstetrical complication of acute blood loss due to uterine atony hemorrhage. The mother's life was seriously threatened.

After being treated promptly, the pregnant woman Pham Thi Soa recovered her health and had a safe delivery. Photo: Tu Thanh.

The hospital doctors quickly consulted and decided to remove the uterus to save the mother. At this time, Ms. Soa had lost a lot of blood. At that time, the hospital's blood bank only had 6/11 units of type O blood, the blood type that Ms. Soa needed.

Medical staff at Thanh Chuong General Hospital quickly showed up to donate blood to save the critically ill pregnant woman. Photo: Tu Thanh

Determined to mobilize the source of living blood to save the patient, Thanh Chuong General Hospital launched the spirit of humanitarian blood donation among the hospital staff. After a short time, 3 medical staff in the hospital with the same blood type as the pregnant woman were present at the Emergency Department, volunteering to donate blood. They were Dr. Nguyen Viet Thang - Department of Oriental Medicine, Mr. Nguyen Trong Linh - staff of the Finance Department and Mr. Nguyen Van Thong - staff of the Hospital's Planning Department.

Doctors performed surgery to save the pregnant woman Pham Thi Soa. Photo: Tu Thanh

Thanks to the timely blood supply, the surgery was successful. By the morning of September 7, the mother had recovered and was discharged from the hospital./.

Thanh Son