At a meeting held in Hanoi on May 5 to consider the result of the turtle’s treatment, director of the department, Le Xuan Rao, said medical examinations of the legendary turtle, one of the most endangered species of turtle in the world, are conducted once a week.

Deputy Chairman of the City People’s Committee Nguyen Van Khoi asked relevant departments and branches to propose the best way to attach monitoring equipment to the turtle to enable its future periodic examinations.

He also assigned the department to analyse the quality of the lake’s water and mud in the areas that were dredged to find a way to clean up the remainder of the lake so the turtle can be released soon.