Vietnam - Woman hospitalized via helicopter, has leg amputated

A teacher in the central province of Ha Tinh has had her right leg amputated after a severe traffic accident last weekend, although a helicopter was deployed to transfer her to the hospital.

The 34-year-old patient, T.T.T, had been transferred by helicopter from Ha Tinh to Gia Lam airport in Hanoi, before being taken to Hospital 108 via an ambulance on August 10, according to Tran Duy Anh, the hospital’s director.

The aircraft was hired with an estimated price between VND300 and 500 million (US$14,400 – 24,000), he said.

“However, the patient was admitted to the hospital 15 hours after the accident, which was too late to save her leg,” the director said.

“Had she been transferred to the hospital within six hours after the accident, we could have done something.”

T. is now in stable condition, he said, adding she is the first patient to be transferred to his hospital via a helicopter.

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