Ho Chi Minh City: In the midst of a dense traffic on the highway, the driver carrying the army lieutenant colonel could not find a way out. Traffic police drove the car at 90 km/h to clear the way, and in time, the patient was taken to the hospital.
On the afternoon of the 5th day of Tet (February 14), Mrs. Tran Thi Quyen, 50 years old, was on duty at Le Van Thinh Hospital taking care of her husband, Mr. Nguyen Duc Phuong, 54 years old, a retired lieutenant colonel, after he had overcome the critical condition. Mr. Phuong was the one who had a hemorrhage and was in a coma on the road, and the traffic police who were on duty on the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway cleared a 10km road leading to the hospital.
Ms. Quyen takes care of her husband at Le Van Thinh Hospital on the afternoon of February 14. Photo: Dinh Van
Ms. Quyen said that yesterday afternoon, when the family gathered to eat at home in Long Khanh town, Dong Nai, her husband suddenly felt tired and uncomfortable. She asked a neighbor named Tho to take her to the hospital. Because her husband had been treated for cirrhosis at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Ms. Quyen asked the driver to take him straight to the city. After the examination, the doctor gave him medicine to take home.
At around 6 p.m., while the car was traveling on the highway toward Dong Nai, Mr. Phuong suddenly became ill, continuously vomiting blood, and felt exhausted. "Blood soaked my husband's clothes and chair, and I was very panicked at that time," said Ms. Quyen. Worried that the patient was getting worse, the driver turned around at the intersection of Highway 51 toward Ho Chi Minh City to find the nearest hospital. However, this person did not know the way. He had just had vocal cord surgery, so he did not call to ask for directions to the hospital.
At that time, the number of vehicles from the provinces pouring into Ho Chi Minh City after the Tet holiday was very high, so the car carrying the patient had to go slowly. While on the road, Ms. Quyen saw many traffic police and special vehicles blocking the road ahead, so she told the driver to pull over and ask for directions. At that time, Major Nhiep Dong Kien, an officer of the Traffic Police Department's Highway 6 Traffic Control Patrol Team, was on duty at the traffic control checkpoint. When he saw the car pull over, he approached to ask.
Looking at the driver's seat, Major Kien saw the man was drowsy, leaning back, his clothes covered in blood, while the driver was speaking in a mumble, not clearly audible. Realizing the dangerous situation, Major Kien informed the commander, asking for directions to take the victim to the emergency room.
Police led the car carrying the critically ill person more than 10 km to the hospital. Video: Xuan An
Then Major Kien and a teammate drove a special vehicle, turned on the siren and loudspeaker to ask the cars in front to give way. "The traffic was heavy, but many drivers proactively pulled over to the left so that the car carrying the patient could quickly pass." According to the dashcam on the special vehicle, at times the car was traveling at 90 km/h, reaching the hospital more than 10 km away in about 7 minutes.
According to Ms. Quyen, thanks to the support of the traffic police, the car sped away, sometimes shaking, making her scared the whole way. When arriving at the hospital, Ms. Quyen quickly took her husband to the emergency room, then returned to the hospital gate to thank the police officers, but they had already left. "I am very grateful for your actions. I will thank you if I have the chance to meet you in the future," she said.
Receiving the above emergency case, Dr. Dong Quang Trang, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Le Van Thinh Hospital, said that the army lieutenant colonel had cirrhosis of the liver, hemorrhage due to rupture of many capillaries, and was hospitalized with low blood pressure and in critical condition. If the patient had not been admitted in time, his life would have been in danger due to excessive blood loss.
Dinh Van
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