6-year-old boy hospitalized after being stung 90 times by wasps

Dao Tho DNUM_BIZAIZCACB 21:16

(Baonghean.vn) - A 6-year-old boy in the mountainous district of Nghia Dan had to be hospitalized after being stung about 90 times by wasps while playing on the hill.

Mr. Cu Ngoc Thang - Vice Chairman of Nghia Loc Commune People's Committee confirmed: A 6-year-old child in the commune had to be hospitalized in critical condition due to being stung by a wasp.

Wasp nest. Photo: Dao Tho

Specifically, at around 3:00 p.m. on August 9, 2021, BMT (6 years old, residing in Hai Dong village, Nghia Loc commune) and a friend went to the hill area near their house to play. Here, T. was unfortunately stung by a swarm of hornets that had built a nest in a bush. MT's friend quickly escaped, but the child was stung by about 90 bees.

Immediately after the family discovered the incident, they quickly took BMT to Nghe An Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital for emergency treatment.

Doctors said the child had severe kidney failure and pneumonia. Today (August 18), thanks to volunteers donating blood in time for dialysis, T. is out of danger.

Hornets often nest in the open, on tree branches, bushes or in roofs. The nests are multi-layered, shaped like balls or cabbages, with wrinkled surfaces, so people often call them devil-faced bees.

Wasps are very aggressive. In Nghe An province, during the bee nesting season, many people were stung by wasps and had to be hospitalized. Some people even died from bee stings.

Dao Tho