8 students invited each other to go out to drink, drinking "unknown" alcohol, causing 2 deaths, 6 people in critical condition

Regarding the incident, Le Van Viet Hospital, Thu Duc city said that on the afternoon of August 5, the unit received 5 hospitalized students suspected of ethanol poisoning. In which, 1 patient was in a deep coma, later died, 2 other patients were taken to Gia Dinh People's Hospital, 1 serious patient was transferred to Thu Duc area General Hospital.

Recently, a group of 8 students went to a pub on Tang Nhon Phu B Street, Phuoc Long B Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City to drink alcohol of unknown origin and showed signs of poisoning, 2 people died, 6 people in critical condition. On August 6, the Thu Duc City Police, were investigating and clarifying the incident.

According to the patient's account, on August 4, a group of 8 students went out to drink and drank unknown alcohol at a pub on Tang Nhon Phu B street, Phuoc Long B ward. Through investigation and camera extraction, the public An identified a group of 8 students who participated in drinking, including the bar's staff. It is known that the group of 8 students who suffered from alcohol poisoning were all students of the Ho Chi Minh City College of Industry and Trade and drank alcohol at a restaurant where they were working part-time.

After drinking at home, 1 person died at the motel, 1 died at the hospital. Particularly for the remaining 6 people, they had dizziness, abdominal pain, vomiting... All of them had symptoms of convulsions, lethargy, and coma, so they were transferred to the emergency hospital by their family members. Regarding the above incident, Le Van Viet Hospital, Thu Duc city said that, on the afternoon of August 5, the unit received 5 hospitalized students suspected of ethanol poisoning.

In which, 1 patient was in a deep coma, later died, 2 other patients were taken to Gia Dinh People's Hospital, 1 serious patient was transferred to Thu Duc area General Hospital. Sharing with the press, a representative of Gia Dinh People's Hospital said that, on the evening of August 5, the hospital received 4 students admitted to the hospital in a state of suspected alcohol poisoning.

In addition to 2 students who were taken from Le Van Viet Hospital to the emergency room, 2 other people were taken directly to the hospital by their family members. The patients include LQT (20 years old) who are currently in the ICU (active anti-toxic resuscitation), on mechanical ventilation, on dialysis and awake; TTGM patient (20 years old) on dialysis has not yet woken up; The 2 cases in the renal endocrinology department are both 20 years old, low in ethanol concentration, and have shown signs of sobriety.

On the afternoon of August 6, a representative of Thu Duc Regional General Hospital (HCMC) confirmed to PV Dan Tri, this place is receiving active treatment for 2 victims of alcohol poisoning that occurred in Phuoc ward. Long B, Thu Duc City on August 5.

The victims were NVT (SN 2003) and LTNH (SN 2002), respectively, and were hospitalized on the afternoon of August 5 in a state of shortness of breath and lethargy. After examining and conducting toxicology tests, 2 patients were determined to have severe methanol poisoning.

The doctors conducted intubation, mechanical ventilation and dialysis for the patient. By noon on August 6, the two patients had been contacted, but still had to be monitored and actively treated at the intensive care unit - anti-poison.

Doctor Tran Thanh Sang, Deputy Director of Le Van Viet Hospital (Thu Duc City) said that earlier on the afternoon of August 5, this place also received 4 cases of severe alcohol poisoning after a drinking party. Although the doctors gave first aid and actively handled it, there was one case that did not survive, 2 cases were sent to Gia Dinh People's Hospital and one patient was transferred to Thu Duc Regional General Hospital.

"In addition to the case of death at the hospital, there was a case of drinking with the above patients who died at the inn" - a representative of Le Van Viet Hospital shared.

Pham Khanh Phong Lan, Head of Ho Chi Minh City's Food Safety Management Board, said that in 2021, Ho Chi Minh City had 7 patients die from methanol poisoning, raising the alarm about alcohol and public alcohol status. industry has begun "Southern progress".

On August 1, the Government Office issued Notice No. 221/TB-VPCP on the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam at the meeting of the Central Inter-agency Steering Committee on food safety.

The Ministry of Health shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant agencies in, reviewing and inspecting the introduction of addictive substances into a number of foods, functional foods and beverages.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade strengthens inspection and takes appropriate solutions to handle alcohol poisoning; strengthen handling of establishments violating in alcohol production and trading, especially strictly handle establishments that use industrial alcohol to mix into alcohol to cause poisoning; assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Health in, intensifying warnings about risks and consequences of using homemade alcohol of unknown origin.

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