Hundreds of Phu Quoc residents stayed up all night to volunteer to donate blood to save a postpartum woman suffering from postpartum hemorrhage.

Đông đảo người dân ở Phú Quốc đến Trung tâm Y tế TP Phú Quốc xét nghiệm và hiến máu để cứu sản phụ M. - Ảnh: Q.T. — Many people in Phu Quoc came to Phu Quoc City Medical Center to get tested and donate blood to save pregnant woman M. - Photo: QT

On the morning of March 24, Phu Quoc City Medical Center said that at about 6:20 p.m. on March 23, the unit admitted pregnant woman HTM (39 years old, from Ca Mau , temporarily residing in Cua Duong commune, Phu Quoc city) in a state of drowsiness due to hemorrhage.

Doctors at Phu Quoc City Medical Center examined and diagnosed hemorrhagic shock due to placenta previa and bleeding in a 21-week (4.5-month) fetus. After that, the doctor performed an emergency surgery in the hope of saving the mother's life.

Due to excessive blood loss, the mother M. suffered from a blood clotting disorder (no matter how much blood was transfused, it still bled out). At the same time, the mother M.'s blood type was O and it was difficult to find a compatible match.

"After the Phu Quoc people came to donate blood, the doctor promptly transfused blood to save the pregnant woman. However, the pregnant woman M. is still in the intensive care unit in critical condition.

The doctor continued to transfuse blood and directed the patient to a higher level for timely treatment," said a doctor at Phu Quoc City Medical Center.

According to initial information, at around 10pm on March 23, on the Phu Quoc Facebook community, there was a post calling for blood donation type O to save a pregnant woman M. who was suffering from hemorrhage.

Afterwards, about 400 - 500 people living and working in Phu Quoc went to Phu Quoc City Medical Center to get tested and donate blood.

Among them, there were about 10 people with similar blood type O and donated blood to save the pregnant woman M..

"At that time, the center was crowded with people coming to get tested and donate blood. Everyone wanted their blood type to be similar to save the pregnant woman M. Luckily, there were 10 people with blood type O that matched the pregnant woman. I hope that the health of the pregnant woman M. will soon recover," said Mr. D.QT - a resident of Phu Quoc.

It is known that the pregnant woman M. already had four children and had undergone two cesarean sections. The pregnant woman’s husband had previously returned to his hometown to take care of his seriously ill mother and had not yet returned to Phu Quoc.

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