2023-04-24 11:38:21
On the afternoon of April 24, the combined military and civil medicine station, A Vao Border Guard Station of the Quang Tri Border Guard, stationed in the area of A Vao commune, Dakrong district, said that the unit had just promptly given first aid to two suspected children. Food poisoning.
Before that, at about 6:30 p.m. on April 23, two sisters, Ho Thi Soang (9 years old) and Ho Thi Sen (6 years old), residing in Pa Ling village, A Vao commune, were taken to the Military People’s Station. combined with emergency medicine. On examination, two children showed signs of vomiting, severe abdominal pain. In particular, Ho Thi Sen’s child showed more severe signs.
Right after that, the military medical officers and soldiers of the Combined Military Medical Station conducted resuscitation emergency, induce vomiting, give cardiac support and give fluids to two children. By April 24, the health of the two children had stabilized, so they were sent home to continue monitoring.
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According to the victim’s family, two children are suspected of being poisoned by eating food poisonous mushroom. A Vao is a mountainous commune on the western border of Dakrong district with extremely difficult terrain and socio-economic conditions, where the Pa Co and Van Kieu ethnic minorities live. Due to the remote and remote roads, the combined military and civil medicine station of the Border Guard Station is a reliable address for people when they are sick or ill.
According to the Food Safety Department of the Ministry of Health, poisoning surveillance data and epidemiological factors show that every year in spring and early summer, especially in the northern mountainous provinces and the Central Highlands, cases of poisoning caused by people using foods containing natural toxins (poisonous mushrooms, wild fruits, forest trees…), in which there have been cases of death or severe sequelae. for those who are poisoned despite being treated in time.
The Food Safety Authority has just issued a Official Letter requesting the Departments of Health of the provinces/cities directly under the Central Government, the Food Safety Management Boards of the provinces/Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Bac Ninh to coordinate with the industry. In agriculture and rural development, functional units in the area strengthen supervision and implementation of solutions to control food safety in the use and consumption of agricultural products, the use of fungi, plants, etc. , natural forest fruits and vegetables for food, especially for those with high risk or regional characteristics (poisoning is easy).
Thanh Thuy (VNA/Vietnam+)
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