Stabbed hospital worker remains in coma, prognosis poor

(Baonghean.vn)- The leaders of Nghe An Department of Health directed the provincial General Hospital to concentrate all resources to treat the security guard of Nghe An Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital who was seriously stabbed.

Dr. Duong Dinh Chinh - Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Health visited, encouraged and gave gifts to the family of Patient Lo Minh Huong. Photo: Tu Thanh.

On the morning of July 1, leaders of Nghe An Department of Health and leaders of Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital and Nghe An General Hospital visited and encouraged the family of Mr. Lo Minh Huong - Security guard of Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital who was stabbed in the heart, lung and carotid artery by a patient's family member.

After receiving emergency care at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, Mr. Lo Minh Huong was transferred to the Provincial General Hospital. As of 10:00 a.m. on July 1, Mr. Huong was still in a deep coma, with a poor prognosis.

Understanding Mr. Huong's health condition, Dr. Duong Dinh Chinh - Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Health directed Nghe An General Hospital to concentrate all resources, equipment, and medicine to treat patient Lo Minh Huong.

Doctors from the Friendship General Hospital are on duty to monitor and treat Mr. Lo Minh Huong. Photo: Tu Thanh.

As reported by Nghe An Newspaper, on the morning of June 30, 2017, a fight broke out at Nghe An Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital, where a patient's family member used a knife to stab Mr. Lo Minh Huong - a hospital security guard, puncturing his heart, lungs, and carotid artery.

After being stabbed, Mr. Huong ran into the lobby of the Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital and lost consciousness, with a lot of blood loss. Mr. Huong had 4 serious wounds on his body: 1 in the abdomen, 2 stab wounds in the ribs and 1 in the neck. The stab wound in the neck severed the carotid artery; the 2 stab wounds in the ribs punctured the lungs and heart.

Tu Thanh - Thanh Chung