The Dong Nai Province people's court ordered a mechanic company in Bien Hoa city to compensate a worker who went into a coma after receiving an electrical shock.
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| Vu Ngoc Dung will remain in a vegetative state for the rest of his life. |
The Dong Nai Province people's court ordered a mechanic company in Bien Hoa city to compensate a worker who went into a coma after receiving an electrical shock.
Dong Hiep Phat Mechanic Co Ltd in Tan Bien ward, must pay the worker, Vu Ngoc Dung, VND464 million (US$21,340). Dung has worked for the firm since 2012, earning VND2.5 million ($115) per month.
But he lost consciousness a month after the shock while at work, and would remain in a vegetative state for the rest of his life, according to doctors at the southern Mental Health Hospital.
Previously, the company paid Dung VND71 million ($3,260) for initial treatment costs.
(Source: VNS)
