Cho Ray Hospital treats more than 1,400 emergency patients during National Day holiday as traffic injuries fall 12%

Cho Ray Hospital received 1,419 emergency patients during Vietnam’s five-day National Day holiday, but traffic-related injuries declined compared with the previous year.

The hospital said it handled an average of 284 emergency patients a day from Aug. 29 through Sept. 2. The total rose 4.9% from 1,353 patients during the same holiday period in 2025.

Traffic accident cases fell to 199, down 12.7%. At the same time, the number of patients injured in household accidents jumped from 53 to 107, an increase of 101.9%.

Ahead of the holiday, Vietnam’s Health Ministry Department of Medical Examination and Treatment asked hospitals under the ministry and universities, as well as provincial and municipal health departments, to ensure medical coverage. Facilities were told to maintain 24-hour duty rosters across leadership, medical, administrative and logistics, and security functions.

Hospitals were instructed to provide emergency and medical care without refusing patients or causing delays. When a case exceeded a facility’s professional capacity, staff were required to provide initial emergency treatment, stabilize the patient, explain the situation to the patient and family, and arrange transfer to another facility.