Focus on controlling the typhus outbreak in Piêng Cọc (Mai Sơn, Tương Dương).

(Baonghean.vn) - Since October 8th, an outbreak of measles-like rash has been occurring in Pieng Coc village, Mai Son commune, Tuong Duong district.

According to Mr. Tran Van Cong, Deputy Director of Tuong Duong Medical Center, Va Ba Nu (18 months old), the son of the Deputy Head of Pieng Coc village, passed away due to a history of rickets and malnutrition when he suffered from a high fever.

From October 10th to 12th, the District Health Center and General Hospital dispatched 12 medical staff (including 5 doctors) to Mai Son to establish a field hospital at Pieng Coc Primary School to control the outbreak. Currently, 48 children aged 1-14 in Pieng Coc village are suffering from measles-like rashes. Of these, 31 children have stabilized after treatment and have been discharged home for continued monitoring; the remaining 17 children are still receiving intensive treatment from the medical staff.

According to Mr. Tran Van Cong, after receiving information about the outbreak in Pieng Coc, the Tuong Duong Health Center reported the situation to the Provincial Department of Health and the Provincial Center for Preventive Medicine. The Provincial Center for Preventive Medicine then organized a working group to go to Mai Son to participate in disease prevention and control, and collected samples for monitoring, testing, and determining the cause of the disease.

On October 13th, leaders from the Department of Health also went to Tuong Duong to direct the prevention and control of the measles outbreak in Mai Son commune. According to Mr. Hoang Van Hao, Deputy Director of the Department of Health, the delegation held a quick working session with the leaders of Tuong Duong district, the district health center, and the district general hospital. They instructed the district health center and hospital, along with the task force in Pieng Coc, to constantly monitor the situation, prevent the outbreak from spreading to other areas, and promptly report daily developments; they also instructed the hospital to urgently transfer two oxygen concentrators to Pieng Coc; the Department of Health will prepare a reserve task force (consisting of doctors and nurses from the Children's Hospital) ready to go to Mai Son if the outbreak intensifies; and they will focus on public awareness campaigns to reassure the people...

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