11-month-old Nguyen To Nhi Phuong in central Quang Nam Province, was discharged from hospital yesterday after 10 days of treatment for injuries from the 100 stings from a swarm of bees.

11-month-old Nguyen To Nhi Phuong, Photo: Tuoi Tre

On February 10, while Phuong was staying at home with her father, Nguyen Dinh Hue, and her grandmother, Bui Thi Thu, 67, in Thang Binh District, a large swarm of bees suddenly flew in from somewhere and began attacking three of them.

Phuong, the only daughter of Hue and his wife To Thi Be, suffered the most from the attack and passed out after getting nearly 100 stings in the head, nose and face. 

Hue managed to use a sprayer of insecticide to ward off the bees and took Phuong and Thu to the Tam Ky General Hospital for emergency treatment. 

Phuong was later transferred to the Vietnam-South Korea Pediatrics Friendship Hospital, where doctors said if the baby had been hospitalized a moment later, she probably would not have survived. 

After removing the bee stings from the baby and giving her first aid, doctors transferred Phuong to the Obstetrics-Pediatrics Center of the Da Nang General Hospital. 

Doctors diagnosed the baby to suffer liver injury and blood deficiency caused by the venom of the bees, which Hue said were some kind of forest honeybee.

Phuong was put on a respirator, treated with detoxification medicines and high-dose antibiotics, and given blood and fluid transfusions.

After intensive treatment for several days, the baby showed good signs of recovery and was taken home yesterday.

Dr. Nguyen Minh Tuan, head of the hospital’s Pediatrics Department II, said if the bees had been wasps, the baby would have died.

Source: Tuoitrenews