The two tourists were initially given emergency treatment and underwent decompressive craniectomy at Ba Ria Hospital before being transferred to People’s Hospital 115 for specialised care.
The 28-year-old son was admitted in a deep coma and put on mechanical ventilation. CT scans showed multiple brain haemorrhages and diffuse swelling, placing him at high risk, and he was treated in the surgical intensive care unit.
His mother, 53, was admitted with impaired consciousness and a large temporal brain contusion. Doctors chose conservative treatment to avoid secondary injury, and she recovered steadily before being discharged after 10 days.
After more than 10 days of intensive care, the son began responding to painful stimuli. By the 20th day, he was successfully weaned off the ventilator, regained spontaneous eye opening and was transferred back to the neurosurgery ward for further observation.
Throughout their treatment, staff provided round-the-clock care as the pair had no relatives in Vietnam and faced language barriers, while the hospital’s social work unit coordinated with the Russian embassy to contact their family.
Ten days after her discharge, the mother returned to visit her son in hospital in an emotional reunion. Both patients are now in stable condition and are completing procedures to return to Russia to continue rehabilitation, the hospital said.
