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Vietnam hospitals lack antidotes, antivenom

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A patient is being treated at the Poison Control Center of Hanoi's Bach Mai Hospital. Photo by VnExpress/Hai Duong

 

A shortage of antidotes and antivenom in Vietnam has been attributed to their scarcity, low demand and "low profit" margin.

 

For nearly a week, a boy has been in a coma at Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi's largest public facility, following a snake bite due to lack of an antidote.

 

"Patients bitten by venomous snakes like him would have to be put on a ventilator from two weeks to a month. If there's an antidote available, it would only take two to three days before they could be discharged," Nguyen Trung Nguyen, director of Bach Mai Poison Control Center, said Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-hospitals-lack-antidotes-antivenom-4511619.html

 

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