How Chinese Doctors Refused To Give-up on 26-Year-Old Woman Certified Dead On Arrival but Wakes Up 72 Hours Later

Unlike some doctors in Nigeria, these doctors in China refused to give up on a 26 year-old woman, whose husband brought her dead to the hospital on his back at about 7:58pm on New Year's day.

According to the Mirror Uk,

Medics said she suffered from ventricular fibrillation, which is when the heart quivers instead of pumping blood around the body. She was eventually diagnosed with acute myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle.

The team of doctors performed chest compressions for 20 minutes before switching the young woman to life-support system ECMO – extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation – replacing her heart and lung functions with the device, Mirror reports.

In spite of all the efforts made by doctors, the woman remained unresponsive two hours later. Her pupils dilated, and her vital signs failed to return.

By clinical standards, the woman was dead, but the doctors refused to give up

This is the part i love so much.

Doctor Zhang Minwei explains why they did not give up;

I FELT THAT HER ILLNESS HAPPENED TOO SUDDENLY. AT 26 SHE WAS STILL IN HER PRIME, AND SHE HAD NO HISTORY OF DISEASES.

IT WAS MY OPINION THAT WE NEEDED TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR EVEN THE SLIMMEST CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.

The doctors kept the patient  in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit and various other instruments were used to regulate her bodily functions, including respiratory devices and renal replacement therapy.

The husband

After 72 hours, a ‘miracle’ happened as her heart restored partial function. By January 7, it was beating on its own. She is now in stable condition and is able to eat by herself. She remains in intensive care as medics continue renal therapy and help her restore full function of her limbs.

The family is extremely happy as she has a son who is not ready to loose his mum at that time.

Nigerian doctors - How market? How many of your patients have you lost due to carelessness? Hopefully you learn a thing from this incident.