Air travelers stable after medical woes
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Five passengers, including four expats, were rushed to Pudong New Area People鈥檚 Hospital in a critical condition from the Pudong airport over a period of 10 days, the hospital said yesterday. All are now in stable condition.
On December 2, a 28-year-old Frenchwoman fainted on an aircraft. She was diagnosed with an acute pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lungs.
A 36-year-old passenger from the United States who fainted at the airport on December 5 and a 55-year-old US passenger found unconscious when a flight landed the next day had the same problem.
鈥淎cute pulmonary embolisms can be life-threatening, but awareness of the problem is lacking,鈥 said Wan Jian, director of the hospital鈥檚 intensive care unit department.
Wan said the condition could be blamed on long-term lack of movement in a cramped space on a jet.
People with diabetes, heart problems or who are at risk of a stroke are very vulnerable, he said.
The hospital has about 30 such cases a year.
In the other two cases, a 25-year-old student from Nigeria developed symptoms of a fever and was sick with abdominal pain on an aircraft, and his situation worsened after landing. He was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis and diabetic ketoacidosis at the hospital.
And a 24-year-old Chinese student lost consciousness when boarding after he had run to catch his flight as he鈥檇 gone to the wrong terminal. He was diagnosed as having a cerebral infarction.
The hospital has established a coordination system with medical emergency staff at the airport.
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