Doctor suspended for negligence leading to death

The house of the doctor was destroyed by angry mob after Huyen's death

TUOI TRE

According to a source, a doctor and two nurses at Nam Can General Hospital in Ca Mau Province has been suspended by the provincial health department for failing to carry out full medical checks which led to the death of a 17-year-old girl on Wednesday.

To Van Mung, the hospital’s deputy director of Nam Can, admitted that the doctors on duty when Duong Thi Thu Huyen from Sa Po Ward, Nam Can District, was hospitalized on June 28 didn’t perform full and appropriate medical checks on her and thus failed to diagnose her traumatic brain injury.

On June 28, Huyen was taken to Nam Can after her neighbors found her lying unconsciously on the street with bloodstains on her clothes and scratches on her body in the early morning.
Her aunt, Nguyen Thi Phuc, who took care of her at the hospital, said the doctors in Nam Can asked the family to bring Huyen home after examining her.

“They said my niece’s health was normal,” she said. “But we asked them to let her stay at the hospital, as she was still writhing in pain and was unable to speak.”

At midnight June 28, as Huyen suddenly had difficulty breathing, Phuc and Anh again took her to doctor Tu.

“But after a quick check, the doctor told me that my niece just ‘pretended to be in pain’ and she would be okay in the morning,” Phuc said.

“He went back to sleep after that and told me not to disturb him anymore when I tried to call him more 5 times.”

Huyen died at 4 am on June 29.

According to the Nam Can District People’s Committee, Huyen was reportedly raped by Le Quoc Lo after going to a karaoke club with him and four other 4 people on June 27.

Lo has been arrested for investigation.

The police also seized 24 “hooligans” who had destroyed the facilities of Nam Can hospital and even the house of doctor Tu upon Huyen’s death.

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Storm death toll rise to 17

A house was damaged by violent floods in Tuong Duong district, Nghe An province

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TUOI TRE

Tropical storm Haima that swept the northern and central region and died away on Saturday had caused 17 dead, 4 missing and hundreds injured as of yesterday night, the Central Steering Board for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control reported.

Of the 17 that had been killed, 7 were in Hai Phong City, 2 in Ha Giang and 8 in Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh and Thai Binh provinces.

Of the 4 people missing, 3 come from Yen Bai and 1 from Nghe An.

Of the hundreds injured, 63 are now in serious conditions.

Since the storm died away, heavy rains have continued to affect northern and northern central provinces. 

Downpours have swollen rivers, causing heavy floods in many provinces.

The most damage from floods has so far been observed in western Nghe An province, where violent floods submerged 700 houses, pulled down 110 others and 20 classrooms, and swept away several bridges.

The province has suffered a total damage of hundreds of billions of dongs [VND100 billion equals US$4.9 million], said the provincial Steeering Board for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control.  

Floodwater caused damage to a total of 10,150 hectares of rice, including 3,535 hectares in Nghe An, 2,030 hectares in Thanh Hoa, 1,190 hectares in Ninh Binh and 580 hectares in Thai Binh.

Rough sea due to the storm also submerged at least 9 fishing boats and caused damage to 5 others in some provinces.

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6 accidents occur in a day in Vietnam, 8 dead

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The scene of the accident that occurred in Thang Binh District, Quang Nam Province yesterday, injuring a truck driver

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In 24 hours until yesterday evening there were six major accidents around the country in which eight people were killed, including three children.

Yesterday afternoon, on National Highway 1A in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City, a tanker travelling in the wrong lane hit a motorbike driven by Nguyen Van Chung. 

His wife, Nguyen Thi My Luon, and son, Nguyen Van Bin, fell on the road and were run over by the truck.

The driver, Le Hong Khanh, 24, helped take them to the nearby Van Phuoc General Clinic, but they were declared dead on arrival.

“The woman was run over on her chest while the boy was severely injured in the head and legs,” a nurse, Le Duc Duong, said. “They may have died on the way here.”

The victims belonged to Hung Dien commune, Tan Hung District in neighboring Long An Province.

Earlier, on Sunday night, a concrete pillar left behind after some construction in the Rach Cam River in Can Tho fell on a small boat carrying bricks, sinking it.

On board were Duong Dac Thang, 42, of Vinh Long province, and his wife and daughter Pham Thi Bich Hanh, 39, and Duong Thi Diem Hang, 10. 

Hanh and Hang were carried away by strong currents and local rescue workers found their bodies yesterday morning. 

The pole had been installed five years ago for construction of a bridge and never removed, a local official said.

The local police said the column was badly eroded.

Yesterday morning a stationary truck that was being repaired on National Highway 1A in Thang Binh District in the central Quang Nam Province was hit from by another truck.

The driver of the rear truck died on the spot and both vehicles were damaged, police said.

Evan as the police were working at the scene, another collision occurred 200 meters away between a truck and a container trailer, injuring one of the drivers.

The two accidents blocked the highway, leaving vehicles queued up for 15 km on the highway.

At 10 pm yesterday two young men were killed in a major accident on National Highway 1A in Ben Luc District, Long An province.

Huynh Thanh Tung, 34, a local, and Phan Thanh Nguyen of Can Tho were on a motorbike and tried to overtake a container truck at high speed, according to the local police. 

After they got past the truck, they crashed into the road divider, fell on the road, and were fatally run over by the truck.

Yesterday afternoon a child died in an accident in Buon Ma Thuot city in Dak Lak Province.

It happened when a motorbike driven by Cao Son Tuyen, 25, was swiped by a truck at the Phan Boi Chau-Phan Chu Trinh crossroads.

His wife Tran Thi Tuyen, 20, had been carrying their three-month-old baby Cao Gia Tue who died instantly.

The couple were seriously injured and are in hospital in critical condition.