Chest tightness, shortness of breath, went to the doctor and found out I had Covid-19

Covid-19 recorded in all ages

With 37 Covid-19 cases recorded since the beginning of 2025 and an increasing trend in recent weeks, hospitals under the Hanoi Department of Health have been asked to prepare measures to prevent and control Covid-19 at medical facilities and in the community.

Covid-19 patients are treated at Dong Da General Hospital ( Hanoi )

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As the leading infectious disease hospital in Hanoi, a representative of Dong Da General Hospital said that the hospital is always ready with professional conditions for disease prevention and control, including isolation areas, equipment, and medical supplies to organize admission, diagnosis, treatment, and ensure infection control to avoid Covid-19 infection in the treatment area.

"Recently, we have treated 3 Covid-19 cases, including people with underlying diseases, children, and the elderly. The hospital has prepared a sufficient amount of medicine, chemicals, masks, and necessary conditions, ready to respond when there are new cases or severe cases admitted for treatment," said specialist doctor 2 Nguyen Thai Minh, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Dong Da General Hospital.

Being treated at the Infectious Diseases Department, Dong Da General Hospital, patient LXH (71 years old) shared about the situation when he was diagnosed with the disease: "At home, I had a fever of over 39 degrees, body aches, coughed a lot with chest pain, and had difficulty breathing. When I went to the hospital for examination, the Covid-19 test showed 2 lines, so the doctors admitted me to the hospital."

Hospitals in Hanoi ensure conditions for receiving and treating Covid-19 patients

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In Ha Dong General Hospital (Hanoi), most of the hospitalized Covid-19 patients have underlying diseases. Of the 8 Covid-19 patients currently hospitalized, 5 have chronic kidney failure.

According to specialist doctor Tran Thi Kim Anh, Department of Tropical Diseases, Ha Dong General Hospital, most of the patients had been vaccinated against Covid-19 so there were no dangerous developments, mainly upper respiratory tract infections.

There are 1-2 cases of mild bronchitis complications. Patients usually return negative after 1 week of treatment.

The hospital maintains conditions for epidemic prevention and control, ensuring medical equipment and supplies such as ventilators, central oxygen systems, negative pressure rooms, air purifiers... In addition, ensuring adequate essential medicines to meet the needs of Covid-19 prevention and control.

Hanoi is always at risk of epidemics.

The Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC) assessed that Hanoi is always at risk of epidemics, including Covid-19.

Mr. Khong Minh Tuan, Deputy Director of CDC Hanoi, said that Covid-19 is still being well controlled but should not be subjective, because Covid-19 is known to spread very quickly if there are no timely prevention and control measures.

CDC Hanoi recommends that each citizen should not be subjective, but also not panic. It is necessary to proactively prevent the disease such as: wearing masks in public places, on buses, crowded places, at medical facilities...

People with suspected symptoms and those in contact with people with suspected symptoms of Covid-19 must wear masks. When having symptoms of fever, cough, and difficulty breathing, they need to go to the nearest medical facility for timely examination, monitoring, and treatment.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tuc-nguc-kho-tho-di-kham-phat-hien-covid-19-185250522173113608.htm