4 people in Vung Tau were poisoned by suspected methanol, 1 person has a serious prognosis

Vung Tau Hospital said that of the four people admitted to the emergency room with suspected methanol poisoning on the evening of December 21, one is currently in a coma and has a serious prognosis. All four people drank alcohol on the evening of December 19.

Doctors at Vung Tau Hospital monitor the most severe poisoning case suspected to be caused by methanol in alcohol - Photo: Provided by Vung Tau Hospital

On December 22, Vung Tau Hospital announced a case of four people suspected of being poisoned by methanol, admitted to the hospital for emergency treatment on the evening of December 21.

As Tuoi Tre Online reported at the time, Vung Tau Hospital received four people with symptoms of fatigue and difficulty breathing for emergency treatment. These people were all diagnosed with suspected methanol poisoning, including one case of cardiac arrest. After being actively resuscitated by doctors, this patient had a pulse again.

According to information from the patients, on the evening of December 19, all four patients consumed the same type of alcohol at a snakehead fish noodle shop on 30-4 Street, Ward 11, Vung Tau City.

Immediately after being admitted to the hospital with severe metabolic acidosis, the hospital prescribed continuous hemodialysis for four people.

As of the afternoon of December 22, patient Ksor S. (born in 2000) was still undergoing dialysis in a coma, on a ventilator, and had a poor prognosis. The remaining three patients, Ksor S. (born in 1992), Nguyen Ngoc V. (born in 2000), and Ngoc Anh V. (born in 1970), were being monitored for methanol poisoning. All four lived on 30-4 Street, Ward 11, Vung Tau City.

Currently, Vung Tau Hospital and relevant agencies are coordinating to investigate and clarify the cause.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/4-nguoi-o-vung-tau-ngo-doc-nghi-do-methanol-1-nguoi-tien-luong-nang-20241222185351508.htm