A child with a collapsed lung after a tree fell on a pedestrian in Ho Chi Minh City.

Scene of an uprooted tree blocking the road and hitting people on the evening of October 7 in Ho Chi Minh City - Photo: LE PHAN

On October 8, a representative of Children's Hospital 2 (HCMC) said they were receiving and treating a child patient who suffered serious injuries in the incident where a tree fell on a pedestrian in District 1 on the evening of October 7.

Specifically, the patient is LBY (6 years old, District 4) who was hospitalized with pale lips and a fracture of the lower third of the radius bone of the right forearm.

A child was injured by a falling tree while riding a motorbike with a relative on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, Da Kao Ward, District 1.

Currently, the patient is on high-parameter ventilator, high-dose vasopressor, vital signs are unstable, continue anti-shock, blood product transfusion.

Ultrasound examination showed large right pleural effusion, heterogeneous upper pole of spleen, subsplenic fluid collection, monitoring splenic trauma, subsplenic fluid collection, large amount of ascites with echo, monitoring hemoperitoneum.

The child was given emergency bedside right pleural drainage with green fluid mixed with blood, diagnosed with traumatic shock, multiple trauma, liver and spleen injury, lung contusion, and right pleural effusion.

After a hospital-wide consultation, the doctor decided to perform exploratory thoracic and abdominal surgery to assess the problem of perforated hollow organs and stop the bleeding.

The patient is still being actively treated by doctors at the hospital.

Regarding the incident of uprooted trees in District 1 (HCMC), on the same day, Dr. Vu Duc Nhan - Deputy Head of the General Planning Department, Saigon General Hospital - also informed about the latest health status of 2 patients transferred for treatment.

Male patient (47 years old) has current diagnosis of closed fracture of left acromion, hypertension.

The patient is currently in stable condition and conscious. She has requested to be discharged to go to Children’s Hospital 2 to take care of her daughter, who was also a victim of the tree fall.

The patient was given a left shoulder brace and the doctor advised him to watch out for dangerous signs and return for a check-up at the nearest medical facility soon.

Female patient (45 years old) has current diagnosis of multiple trauma, contusion, laceration of liver segment VI, fracture of ribs 4-12 with small left pleural effusion.

The patient's current condition is stable and alert. He has been safely transferred to People's Hospital 115 for further treatment.

Tree in the center of Ho Chi Minh City fell on pedestrian

As Tuoi Tre Online reported earlier, at around 7:00 p.m. on October 7, during heavy rain, a star tree at the intersection of Mac Dinh Chi and Nguyen Dinh Chieu was uprooted and lay across the road.

The fallen tree is a starfruit tree, about 10m high, with shallow roots. The trunk is about 20cm in diameter, lying across the road.

On the afternoon of October 7, heavy rain occurred in some areas of Ho Chi Minh City. Some areas had heavy rain such as Binh Thanh District, District 1, Phu Nhuan District, Thu Duc City. The average rainfall was 10 - 30mm, in some places up to 70mm.

During thunderstorms, there were times when wind gusts of level 5 - 7 (8 - 17m/s) occurred.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/mot-benh-nhi-dap-phoi-trong-vu-cay-xanh-bat-goc-de-trung-nguoi-di-duong-tai-tp-hcm-20241008144832387.htm