The Ministry of Health has reached a preliminary conclusion regarding the cause of acute glomerulonephritis in Hanh Dich commune.

(Baonghean.vn) -According to the Ministry of Health's preliminary findings, the cause of the illness is bacterial infection, but whether the infection was due to contaminated food, water, or poor personal hygiene has not yet been confirmed.

"Father Nguyen Dinh Thuc incites parishioners."

Breaking News: 20 students in a commune in Nghe An province suffer from kidney failure, 2 have died.

"The tragic plight of a family whose two children died from acute glomerulonephritis."

* Following the directives of the Ministry of Health, on February 23rd, a working group from the Ministry of Health and the Nghe An Department of Health, along with relevant departments and agencies, directly collected samples for screening tests at the school and sent the samples to the central level for further research.

However, according to the Ministry of Health's preliminary conclusions, the cause of the illness was bacterial infection, but whether the infection was due to food, water sources, or poor personal hygiene... has not yet been confirmed. Therefore, the Ministry of Health's task force instructed the Nghe An Department of Health's task force to remain to treat patients who have not yet recovered, manage the outbreak effectively, and prevent the emergence of new cases.

Dispensing medication and instructing students on how to take antibiotics. Photo: Phuong Linh

* On the morning of February 24th, the Preventive Medicine Center of Que Phong District General Hospital, in coordination with the commune health station and Hanh Dich Border Guard Post (Nghe An Border Guard Command), distributed free antibiotics to 350 students and 20 teachers at Hanh Dich Primary and Secondary School in Que Phong District, along with 11 families with members suffering from glomerulonephritis in the area.

As previously reported, from mid-November 2016 to the present, 20 students from Hanh Dich Primary and Secondary School in Hanh Dich commune have been suffering from edema, urinary retention, and dark urine, with 2 of them having died. Prior to this...In this situation, all levels of government, from central to local, have been making efforts in screening and developing treatment protocols to control the spread of the disease.

Hoang Tim - Phuong Linh