Since the beginning of the year, the hospital has performed surgery on19 cases. The latest case was on July 26, 2019. The patient was Ha Bao Anh from Doan Bai commune (Hiep Hoa district). 

Doctors perform heart surgery for a child patient at the Bac Giang Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital.

She was 75 days old and weighed 4kg (the lightest and youngest baby undergoing surgery at the hospital since 2015). Bao Anh suffered from congenital ventricular septal defect (The one who twins with Bao Anh has normal health).

This was one of the high technologies under the Satellite Hospital Project successfully transferred by the Vietnam National Hospital of Paediatrics to the Bac Giang Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital. 

The group of doctors who performed the case included Nguyen Minh Cuong, head of the Voluntary Medical Services Department; Pham Dang Binh, deputy head of the Surgery Department; and Nguyen Van Tra, deputy head of the Anesthesia and Resuscitation Department, together with nurses and technicians. 

Doctor Nguyen Minh Cuong, head of the Voluntary Medical Services Department and chief of the operation team, said that ventricular septal defect is a defect creating a hole in the wall that separates the two lower chambers (ventricles) of the heart. This is the most common congenital heart disease, accounting for about 20-25 percent of congenital heart diseases. 

Babies with this disease often have coughing, wheezing, and unusual breathing (fast breathing, the chest in a concave appearance when sniffing). They suck slowly or are unable to stop sucking, and often sweat, with their lips, tongue and fingers becoming mauve. They face shortness of breath in case of exertion.

Pregnant mothers should go for prenatal and postpartum screenings for early detection, follow-up and surgery when indicated. With early intervention, 98 percent of patients with congenital heart diseases can be cured and return to life as normal people.

Taking care of child patients after congenital heart surgery at the Bac Giang Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital.

From August 10 to 11, the Bac Giang Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital will cooperate with the Vietnam National Hospital of Paediatrics, the Vietnam Heart Fund of the Vietnam Television and the Military Industry - Telecommunications Group (Viettel) to organize a free congenital heart defect screening programme for children under 16 years old, with an unlimited number.

Child patients found to have congenital heart defects will be scheduled for surgery at the Bac Giang Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital. The group of specialist doctors at the Bac Giang Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital and the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics will directly participate in the operation. Children from poor and near poor households as well as policy beneficiary families will receive free surgery.

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Minh Thu