VietNamNet Bridge – A patient who suffered a stroke and was declared clinically dead for 20 minutes has been released after 10 days of treatment, doctors from Hoan My Da Nang Hospital said yesterday.

Nguyen Manh Hung, 50, (right) from Da Nang, who was declared clinically dead after suffering a stroke, has been released from Hoan My Da Nang Hospital. — Photo courtesy of Hoan My Da Nang Hospital

They confirmed that the patient, Nguyen Manh Hung, 50, from Da Nang, was taken to hospital after suffering a stroke on December 30th, but was declared dead after 15 minutes of examination.

A team of doctors spent 20 minutes trying to restart the patient’s heart before performing endoscopic surgery on his coronary artery.

This marks the first case in which doctors have saved a stroke victim after they had been declared clinically dead.

Last year, a British tourist whose right atrium (heart cavity) was punctured in a serious accident was saved after a heart operation at Da Nang City General hospital.

Fisherman saved

Also yesterday, a rescue team and doctors from the Da Nang-based Maritime Rescue and Search Coordination Centre No 2 (MRCC2) rescued a fisherman from Binh Dinh who had been taken seriously ill at sea near the Hoang Sa (Paracels) Islands of Vietnam.

Doctors and rescuers give first aid to a fisherman from Binh Dinh. — Photo courtesy MRCC2

The centre said it received an SOS call on January 8 stating that the fisherman, Huynh Van Cuong, 43, had started vomiting blood while working on a fishing boat from January 7th.

A rescue ship and doctors were dispatched to bring the fisherman to Da Nang general hospital yesterday afternoon for further treatment. 

Source: VNS