On January 20, Mr. Le Dang Khoa, Director of Thanh Hoa Children’s Hospital said, health of 2 pediatric patients suspected food poisoning in Xuan Sinh commune, Tho Xuan district There was good progress and gradually recovered.
Specifically, patient Cao Van Th. was awake and stopped dialysis and was weaned off the ventilator, while patient Do Trong C. had urine flow and asked if he had reflexes Continued dialysis.
Regarding the test results of the patient samples, Mr. Khoa said that 2 pediatric patients had samples taken previously to test the ingredient Natrifluoroacetate in rat poison after testing Patient samples did not show the toxicity of some types of rat poison.
On the evening of January 18, the hospital continued to send specimens (including blood and urine) to further guide the diagnosis of toxicology tests related to related to the composition of other toxic substances.
Previously, Dan Tri newspaper reported that around 4:00 p.m. on January 14, there were 4 children including Cao Van Th. (born 2014) Do Trong C. (born 2018) Do Trong D. (born 2013) and Le Tien D. (born 2011) residing in Xuan Sinh commune, Tho Xuan district, went to the grocery store in Bich Phuong village to buy a package of potato chips and a package of Dragon Tap spicy straw to eat.
At noon the children ate rice. At home, there were no unusual symptoms.
At 5:00 p.m. the same day, Cao Van Th. and Do Trong C. showed signs of convulsions and gradually lost consciousness. His family took him to Tho Xuan District General Hospital for emergency treatment. Then the two children were transferred to Thanh Hoa Children’s Hospital.
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