6-year-old boy hospitalized after being stung 90 times by wasps
(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.
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| 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 he was stung by about 90 hornets.
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. has overcome the critical stage.
Wasps often nest in the open air, 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 wasps.
Wasps are very aggressive. In Nghe An province, during the nesting season, many people have been stung by wasps and hospitalized. Some people have even died from wasp stings.