From Thanh Nien News
Patients – adults and children – waiting for pinkeye examinations at the Sai Gon Eye Hospital last Saturday. Photo by Ha Minh
Hospitals in Vietnam have been overcrowded with pinkeye patients since the beginning of September.
The number of pinkeye patients has also increased in other southern Vietnamese localities – including Dong Nai Province and Can Tho City. The number of pinkeye cases at the Can Tho Children’s Hospital has totaled 30-50 per day this month, three to four times higher than previous months.
In Hanoi, Dr. Hoang Minh Anh from National Institute of Ophthalmology, said the institute has been treating 100-120 pinkeye patients a day on average, several times higher than five to six weeks earlier.
He said the patients are not only from the capital but also from nearby provinces such as Bac Ninh, Hai Duong and Hung Yen.
Dr. Doan Van Xiem, head of Quang Ngai General Hospital’s ophthalmology department, was quoted by Tuoi Tre as saying Monday that the number of pinkeye cases last week was over 66 percent of the total eye cases, while the number was just 30 percent at the beginning of August.
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