Surgeons under flashlights touch every heart

Power outage while patient stabbed in chest needed emergency surgery, doctors atBach Long Vi Island (Hai Phong)decided to use candles, flashlights, and phones to create light sources for the surgery.

This moment receivedThe prize of the "For People's Health" photo contest was awarded on April 20 in Hanoi. The surgical team focused on the surgery to save the patient under the small light of candles and flashlights, captured by Dr. Nguyen Duc Quan at Bach Long Vi District General Hospital at 1:12 a.m. on May 30, 2013.

Doctors on Bach Long Vi Island used candles, flashlights, and cell phones to create light for surgery. Photo: Doctor Nguyen Duc Quan.

As the most remote island hospital in Hai Phong City, Bach Long Vi District General Hospital has to face many difficulties such as lack of electricity, lack of fresh water, difficult transportation, increasingly harsh weather... The patient in the photo is a fisherman from Hai Binh, Tinh Gia, Thanh Hoa, who fell while fishing in the Gulf of Tonkin and was pierced by a sharp object that penetrated the left side of his chest. The patient was transferred to the hospital while the entire island district was without electricity.

The doctors and nurses had to light candles, flashlights, and cell phone lights to create enough light for the emergency surgery. The patient had a fracture of 1/4 of the left third rib, a spleen gap between the third and fourth ribs, and difficulty breathing. The on-duty team immediately performed intensive resuscitation, used an oxygen bag, sutured the chest wound in two layers, applied a pressure bandage, and used antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent infection. Five days after that memorable surgery, the patient had his stitches removed and was discharged from the hospital.

After more than 4 months of launching, the contest “For People’s Health” has received more than 1,200 photos. This is the first time the Ministry of Health has organized a photo contest praising the beauty of the medical industry. The first prize was awarded to the work “Hope” by author Nguyen The Thiem, Planning and Synthesis Department, Quang Ninh Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.

According to VNE