HÀ NỘI — Doctors from Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội have reported at least one patient everyday hospitalised due to herbicide poisoning, popularly known as paraquat poisoning. Every year, about 1,000 people die of paraquat poisoning across the country. Nguyễn Trung Nguyên, head of the Poison Control Centre of Bạch Mai Hospital, said the number of paraquat poisoning cases in 2015 at Bạch Mai Hospital was 300, with the figure rising to 500 last year. “Dying because of paraquat poisoning is scarier than other ways as the patients are awake and conscious until they die,” Nguyên said. Regarding this, doctor Nguyên from Bạch Mai Hospital said he wondered if the buffer time is necessary.

Source: Viet Nam News February 17, 2017 03:00 UTC