Hewvik Gorbow, a counselor in the Swedish embassy in Hanoi, slipped and fell from a 2,900m peak while climbing in the Fansipan mountain range Sunday, and it took a five-hour emergency surgery to save his life.
The 42-year-old rolled down an abyss and suffered multiple injuries to his chest. He was admitted to a hospital in nearby Sapa by his 14-member group.
The hospital’s vice director, Pham Le Trung, who led the surgical team, told Tuoi Tre that around 2.5 liters of clotted blood caused by internal blooding in his chest were removed.
After the emergency operation, the diplomat was transferred to the Lao Cai provincial hospital and then to a hospital in Hanoi for intensive care.
Just the day before the accident, Nguyen Thu Hien, 27, from Thai Binh and Nguyen Khanh Nguyen, 28, from Hai Phong had drowned in a fast-flowing stream at a tourist spot in Lao Cai.
Mt Fansipan in the Fansipan range is the region’s highest peak at 3,143 meters and is dubbed “the roof of Indochina.”
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