80-year-old woman drank pesticide, suspected suicide

(Baonghean.vn) - At 9:00 a.m. on January 5, 2017, Tan Ky District General Hospital received a patient with severe pesticide poisoning, suspected to be a suicide.

According to Ms. K, the victim's daughter-in-law, at 7:00 a.m., she had just taken her grandchild home from school when she saw that her mother-in-law, NTD (born in 1936), living in Tan Thanh hamlet, Dong Van commune, Tan Ky district, had not yet woken up. She went into the room and shook her and saw that Mr. D was in a coma, foaming at the mouth, constantly vomiting, and there was a bottle of pesticide scattered on the floor.

Taking the patient to Tan Ky General Hospital, the patient's whole body was covered in purple veins, circulatory arrest, deep coma, constricted pupils, unmeasurable blood pressure, and loss of body reflexes...

Immediately, the patient was put on a ventilator and given anti-shock drugs. After testing, doctors determined that the patient had severe pesticide poisoning. The patient was in a deep coma and had increased secretions when admitted to the hospital. The medical team performed gastric lavage, intravenous fluids, diuretics, antidotes, and transferred the patient to Nghe An General Hospital at 10 a.m. the same day./.

Phuong Hao