Successful emergency surgery for appendicitis on Truong Sa Lon

Doctors of Military Hospital 175 (Truong Sa Lon Island, Truong Sa District - Khanh Hoa) on the morning of August 2 successfully performed an appendectomy, saving the life of fisherman Nguyen Du.

QNG ship number 95654, piloted by Ngo Van Mau, carrying 30 crew members, departed from Binh Son - Quang Ngai towards Truong Sa archipelago to catch squid.

On the afternoon of August 1, when approaching Truong Sa Lon Island - Truong Sa archipelago, crew member Nguyen Du (born in 1994, from Binh Chanh commune, Binh Son district, Quang Ngai) had a severe stomachache. The ship owner contacted the island for assistance.

After more than 4 hours, the surgery was successful.



Patients are treated at Truong Sa Lon

Despite the storm, the island commander and the medical team of Institute 175 quickly went to the pier to take patient Du to the island's infirmary.

Doctor Phan Dinh Mung - Head of the infirmary, Doctor Phan Dinh Van - Deputy Head of the infirmary, and doctors Nguyen Van Binh, Ngo Van Nhat, and Nguyen Van Giap met to diagnose patient Du as having acute appendicitis, requiring emergency surgery.

After more than 4 hours, the surgery was successful. Doctor Mung said: "Because it was left too long, the greater omentum attached to the wall of Mr. Du's appendix became necrotic, so the surgery was a bit complicated."

However, the patient's condition after the surgery is progressing quite well, and is expected to be discharged after 10 days. Currently, patient Du is being cared for by the military, civilians and doctors on the island./.

According to VOV-M