Nghe An General Hospital saves a pregnant woman in critical condition due to hemorrhage

(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An General Friendship Hospital has just saved the life of a woman suffering from severe postpartum hemorrhage.

At noon on January 22, 2015, Nghe An General Hospital received pregnant woman Vo Thi Hoang (36 years old) (Nghi Kieu, Nghi Loc, Nghe An) who was transferred to the emergency room from Nghi Loc District General Hospital. Pregnant woman Hoang had just given birth, was in a deep coma, had dilated pupils, unmeasurable blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, pale mucous membranes, and a lot of fresh vaginal blood, with a very high prognosis for death.

Assessing that the patient had severe hemorrhage, circulatory collapse, and postpartum uterine atony, the interdisciplinary emergency team of Obstetrics, Anesthesia, and Resuscitation immediately performed emergency surgery in the hope of saving her life. During the 3 days of post-operative recovery at the Surgical Resuscitation Department, the patient showed signs of blood clotting disorder, and the doctors prescribed continuous emergency transfusion of more than 6 liters of blood for the patient.

The patient is out of danger.

By January 25, the mother Hoang had gradually regained consciousness and was transferred to the Obstetrics Department for further monitoring. Doctors also said that, up to now, the mother is eating, sleeping and resting normally, completely alert, the surgical wound is good, and blood and biochemical indicators have gradually returned to normal.

Ms. Vo Thi Thanh, the sister of the pregnant woman Hoang, upon hearing the news of her sister's accident, immediately came from Dak Lak to take care of her. With tears streaming down her face, Ms. Thanh said: "Hearing the news from her family that my sister's chance of survival was only 1%, very fragile, I cried a lot because I felt sorry for her. I thought I had lost her. Luckily, she was transferred to a hospital, had emergency surgery in time, and was cared for by the hospital doctors, so she came back from the brink of death. The doctors not only saved my sister's life, but also saved the future of her 6 children...!"

It is known that the mother Hoang has 6 children. All 6 times she gave birth, she gave birth at home. In this 6th birth, after giving birth to a 3.6 kg baby boy, the mother experienced the above obstetric complications.

Hoang Yen