Encephalitis is plaguing in 31 provinces and cities in Vietnam, having affected 325 people and killed five of them this year, health authorities said.
The disease mainly affects children under the age of 15 yet hospitals also received some adults suffering encephalitis in last months. There have been an increasing number of Japanese encephalitis children.
A 20 year old female patient in Dong Anh, Hanoi has been hospitalized in the National Tropical Disease Hospital for over a week and received intensive treatment in emergency room but she is being in a coma and her health condition is poor.
Dr. Nguyen Trung Cap, deputy head of the Emergency Ward, said that this patient was experiencing convulsion fits, feeble four limbs and she was put on breathing machine. It is anticipated that she can't survive and she would suffer after-effects on the brain nerve and kinetic system.
Source: SGGP