Nghe An General Friendship Hospital fights for patient's life in life and death moment

At about 9:00 a.m. on August 25, 2025, while climbing and cutting tree branches to prevent storm No. 5, Mr. HST (57 years old, residing in Do Luong commune) unfortunately fell from a height of about 3 meters. His family took Mr. T to Do Luong General Hospital for emergency treatment. The patient was then transferred directly toNghe An General Friendship Hospitalto cure

At 5:00 p.m. the same day, patient HST was admitted to the Emergency Department.Nghe An General Friendship Hospitaladmitted. The patient was admitted with severe epigastric pain. The patient had a history of small bowel surgery 10 years ago.

Abdominal ultrasound and CT scan results showed that the patient had a ruptured pancreaticoduodenal mass. This is a rare and extremely dangerous injury; if not operated on immediately, the patient could die from septic shock and severe blood loss.

At 8:00 p.m. the same day, the storm was hitting Nghe An. Outside, the wind was howling and the rain was pouring down. In the corridor of Nghe An General Hospital, the lights were flickering because the electrical system was affected. But in the operating room, the lights were still bright. The surgical team was urgently "racing" to save the life of patient HST.

The emergency pancreaticoduodenal resection for HST patient is a technique that is usually prescribed in the rarest and most complicated cases of surgery. During the surgery, the medical team also discovered that in addition to the ruptured pancreaticoduodenal mass, the patient also had a ruptured colon and small intestine muscle wall. The patient lost a lot of blood and needed continuous blood and plasma transfusions to sustain life.

The surgery lasted for 6 hours, from 8pm on August 25 to 2am on August 26. The surgical team, including Specialist 2 Le Anh Xuan, Dr. Nguyen Huy Toan (General Surgery Department) and Dr. Dinh Van Chien (Digestive Surgery Department), really "raced" with death to save the patient's life. After the long surgery, Dr. Nguyen Huy Toan shared: "We completely forgot about the storm and focused on saving the patient's life with all our heart and soul."

In the early morning of August 26, when storm No. 5 had just passed, the surgery was also successfully completed. The patient had overcome the critical stage and entered the recovery phase... Two weeks after storm No. 5, patient HST had fully recovered and was discharged home, bringing the family great joy and the silent pride of the medical staff./.