According to the Treatment Sub-committee of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control, he died due to a number of underlying medical conditions.
The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi where the patient dies of COVID-19. — VNA/VNS Photo He succumbed to bacteremia in patients with ventricular dilatation, severe pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 and the consequences of a brain injury, the sub-committee said.
The man from the northern province of Bac Ninh was taken to the hospital on April 24 after suffering a traffic accident that caused a traumatic brain injury.
He was announced as a COVID-19 patient on May 6 and was treated for severe pneumonia caused by COVID-19, brain injury, meningitis, septicemia and dilated ventricles.
Despite receiving intensive care, his condition did not improve.
Vietnam recorded its 36th COVID-19-related death two days ago as an 89-year-old woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension passed away.
The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, the leading COVID-19 treatment facility, has become a new cluster of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic’s resurgence on April 27.
The hospital has recorded 89 cases so far.
