Remote emergency surgery for patients on Con Co Island

(Baonghean.vn)- On November 1, Military Hospital 4 organized remote surgery instructions and successfully treated a patient with appendicitis on Con Co Island, Quang Tri province.

The person being rescued was Sergeant Le Cong Thu, a soldier of the Con Co Island Mixed Battalion.

Sergeant Le Cong Thu had symptoms of abdominal pain at 9am on November 1st and was diagnosed with appendicitis, but the unit did not have the conditions to perform surgery. In the monsoon weather conditions, rain, rough seas, ships and boats could not operate at sea. The unit quickly reported to the Quang Tri Provincial Military Command and the Military Region 4 Command.

Con Co Island. Photo: VnExpress.net

Immediately, the Military Region 4 Command deployed the Military Hospital 4 to prepare a surgical team of 3 doctors, a physician and a nurse along with a set of medicines and medical equipment for surgery and resuscitation. The General Staff and the Ministry of National Defense provided a helicopter from the Air Defense and Air Force, which was performing a mission in the Military Region 4, to transport the surgical team of the Military Hospital 4 to Con Co Island to rescue the patient.

However, due to complicated weather, the plane could not maneuver, while the soldier's condition was very critical, Military Hospital 4 proposed to the Military Region 4 Command a plan to control the surgery by phone to the infirmary of Con Co Island.

The steering committee directly commands the surgery via phone, guided by the hospital director, deputy hospital director and doctors for surgery and resuscitation.

After more than 2 hours, the surgery was successful, bringing life to a soldier in the Con Co Island Mixed Battalion.

Ho Viet