2nd Covid-19 patient in HCM City discharged from hospital
Chinese patient Li Ding, 66, one of the two first Covid-19 patients in Vietnam, was discharged from Cho Ray hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on February 12 after three weeks of treatment.
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son gives bouquet to Chinese patient Li Ding to celebrate his recovery (Photo: VNA)
Li Ding, a 66-year-old Chinese citizen, was hospitalized with his 28-year-old son Li Zichao on January 22 for Covid-19 treatment. In the photo: Li Ding (second right) is discharged from hospital (Photo: VNA)
“Thank you Vietnam, thank you Vietnamese doctors!” Li Ding (pink T-shirt) said through an interpreter as he was walking out of Cho Ray Hospital in District 5 (Photo: VNA)
He was discharged at 5:00 pm after twenty-one days of medical care at Cho Ray hospital, considered the best one in southern Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
His full recovery can be seen as a ‘miracle,’ as he has suffered many pre-existing conditions that could have killed him anytime, including diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease (Photo: VNA)
Li Ding said that his son and him had been well cared for by Cho Ray doctors. Earlier, Li Ding’s son, Li Zichao, was discharged from hospital on February 4. (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 12 ordered the intensification of the fight against both the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) and the sluggish behaviors at work amid the current epidemic.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade on February 12 launched a website on the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) at http://hanhdong.moit.gov.vn/.
ASEAN member countries are joining hands to fight the acute respiratory disease caused by novel coronavirus that has so far killed more than 1,100 people in adjacent China and infected 45,170 globally.