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Vietnamese field hospital, MSF save lives in South Sudan

Staff members of Vietnam's third level-two field hospital at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have recently assisted doctors at a hospital run by the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in conducting a successful caesarean section for a mother with severe kyphosis.
Vietnamese field hospital, MSF save lives in South Sudan ảnh 1Staff member of level-two field hospital No. 3 in a training session. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Staff members of Vietnam's thirdlevel-two field hospital at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)have recently assisted doctors at a hospital run by the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in conducting a successful caesarean section for a mother with severe kyphosis.

Receiving a request from the MSF hospital for support on January 3, an operation team of four Vietnamese doctors was immediately sent to the scene.

The 35-week pregnant woman, 22, was having a fetal distress.Her kyphosis condition as the sequelae of spinal tuberculosis made it hardfor doctors to perform the surgical operation. The patient could neither lie on her back in the normalposition nor receive spinal anesthesia. Therefore, doctors decided to employ endotracheal anesthesia using a rudimentary ventilator system, with the anesthesiologist teamcontinuously squeezing the balloon by hand during the nearly two hour surgery.

The surgical team delivered a 4kg baby boy who did not cry. After 15 minutes of active neonatal resuscitation, he finally cried out, filling the operation room with joy.

Vietnamese field hospital, MSF save lives in South Sudan ảnh 2The 4kg South Sudanese baby boy is crying following 15 minutes of active neonatal resuscitation after his birth. (Source: Vietnam's third level-two field hospital at UNMISS)

According to Nguyen Thanh Nam, head of the surgical department of the third level-two field hospital, his hospital was facing many challenges due to a shortage ofhuman resources. Some members with COVID-19 were being isolated for treatmentand one quarter of the staff was on leave.

Pou James, a staff member at the operating room of the MSF hospital, said he is veryimpressed with the Vietnamese surgical team for their professional manner andwillingness to save the lives of local people.

The UNMISS Chief Medical Officer sent a letter toacknowledge the contribution of Vietnam's level-two field hospital No. 3, askingthe facility to continue assisting the MSF hospital in other surgeries.

Vietnamese field hospital, MSF save lives in South Sudan ảnh 3Doctor Nguyen Van Quynh gives instructions on the operation of an anesthetic machine for resuscitators at the Bentiu Hospital, South Sudan. (Source: Vietnam Peacekeeping Department)
On October 1, 2018, Vietnam deployed its first level-twofield hospital with 63 staff members to the UN peacekeeping mission in SouthSudan in October 2018. The third hospital of this kind began their mission in Aprillast year./.

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