On the morning of March 7, social media spread information about the principal of a school in a mountainous district of Quang Nam driving through the night to promptly take 4 children with high fevers, at risk of becoming seriously ill, to Tam Ky City for emergency treatment.

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Le Huy Phuong, Principal of Tra Don Primary Boarding School (Nam Tra My District, Quang Nam) said that at around 1:00 a.m. on March 7, he received news that 4 children in the area had high fevers, were getting worse, and were being treated at the commune health station and needed to be transferred to the hospital immediately.

Among the 4 children with fever, there is a 9-month-old child, a 2-year-old child, a 7-year-old child and a 3rd grade student at Ong Binh roof school.

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The principal drove through the night to take 4 children from the mountains to the city for emergency treatment. Photo: TP

Immediately, Mr. Phuong took his personal car to take the 4 children and their families to Tam Ky Children's Hospital (Quang Nam) for emergency treatment.

After more than 3 hours of traveling through winding roads, the children were taken to the hospital for emergency treatment. Their health is now stable.

Recently, in Nam Tra My district, there have been consecutive cases of children with high fever, suspected rash fever, and measles. The district People's Committee has directed the departments to coordinate with the Health Center in ensuring diet and nutrition for sick children and their caregivers. Grasp the situation in the village and coordinate with the school to promptly detect and mobilize sick children to medical facilities.

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The children were taken to the children's hospital for emergency treatment that night. Photo: TP

Currently, Quang Nam is also providing free measles vaccinations to children under 10 years old. The provincial health sector aims to have more than 95% of children in the campaign vaccinated in mountainous districts receive one dose of measles-rubella (MR) vaccine.

At the same time, 100% of the vaccines provided will be administered to the correct subjects in the remaining districts, towns, and cities, if they were previously not provided with enough vaccines according to demand.