Cherry wine poisoning incident: 6 people drank more than 3 liters of wine.

Of the six people poisoned by cherry wine, of the two severely ill patients in a coma, one has regained consciousness, while the other remains in a coma.

Regarding the case of six people from Tien Giang who were traveling in Ninh Thuan and suffered cherry wine poisoning, this afternoon, March 31st, Dr. Le Quoc Hung, Head of the Department of Tropical Diseases, Cho Ray Hospital (Ho Chi Minh City), provided further information on the patients' health status.

According to Dr. Le Quoc Hung, at approximately 8 PM on March 29th in Ninh Thuan, six people (aged 25-51, from Tien Giang, who were traveling in Ninh Thuan) consumed more than six bottles of KT brand cherry wine, produced in Tien Giang, each bottle containing 500 ml.

More than six hours after drinking, the patients showed symptoms of digestive disorders, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, but they thought it was just because they drank too much and were... drunk, so they went to sleep.

Patients suffering from alcohol poisoning are receiving intensive treatment at Cho Ray Hospital.

PHOTO: PROVIDED BY THE HOSPITAL

On March 30th, the group boarded a vehicle and traveled to Tien Giang. By 3 PM that same day, six people showed severe symptoms such as increased abdominal pain and severe vomiting. The youngest, PNQK (25 years old), appeared drowsy.

At that time, the vehicle was near Can Giuoc Regional General Hospital (Long An province), so they took these six people there for emergency treatment. Two patients, BVĐ (51 years old) and PNQK, were in a coma and had low blood pressure, so they were intubated to assist breathing and given intravenous fluids. The remaining four were lethargic. The patients were transferred to Cho Ray Hospital on the night of March 30th.

The situation: Six patients with severe alcohol poisoning admitted to Cho Ray Hospital's emergency room.

Following a multidisciplinary consultation, doctors determined that six patients suffered from alcohol poisoning, suspected to be due to methanol (industrial alcohol). Blood test results showed that all patients had severe metabolic acidosis (a condition of acid-base imbalance in the body, where the amount of acid in the blood is high - PV), and the youngest patient's blood pH level could not be measured.

Two comatose patients were transferred to the toxicology intensive care unit for hemodialysis. Four conscious patients received emergency hemodialysis to quickly remove toxins.

By the morning of March 31st, the four patients who underwent rapid hemodialysis were recovering quite well, and the toxins in their blood had been removed.

The critically ill patient, BVĐ, is showing good progress, has regained consciousness, is no longer on vasopressors, and is being evaluated for possible weaning from the ventilator.

"Specifically for PNQK, the severe level of blood acidosis has improved well. However, the patient remains in a deep coma. Vital signs have not improved significantly. We suspect the patient may have brain damage due to poisoning, so we continue to monitor and perform advanced tests such as electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain to assess the extent of the damage," Dr. Le Quoc Hung informed.

Dr. Le Quoc Hung also warned about the dangers of frequent alcohol consumption and alcohol poisoning. Every year, the Intensive Care and Toxicology Unit at Cho Ray Hospital receives 30-50 cases of methanol poisoning.

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