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Vietnam: Woman with rare blood clot condition survives operation.

Thai Press Reports

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Section: General News - Vietnamese doctors have for the first time successfully saved a patient suffering from meningitis using a new technology that extracts blood clots through a patient's veins.

The operation was successfully carried out by doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Nguyen Tri Phuong hospital and the Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University.

Doctor Pham Anh Tuan at the Nguyen Tri Phuong hospital said the 30-year-old patient was hospitalised on January 7 with meningitis while also suffering from a brain haemorrhage.

After initial surgery, the patient recovered slightly but blood clots continued to form, blocking blood supply from the …

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