Viet Nam prepared to cope with new COVID-19 wave
VGP - Medical facilities have prepared to deal with COVID-19 resurgence as the daily number of new infections has surpassed 2,000, over the past two weeks, even reaching 2,400 which was equivalent to that three months ago, according to the Ministry of Health.
Ho Chi Minh City is ready to re-open field hospitals - Illustration photo
Hospitalization rates increase in individuals with chronic diseases and the elderly
Deputy Director of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases Nguyen Trung Cap was quoted as saying that a majority of hospitalized cases are individuals with chronic diseases and the elderly.
Other cases who are neither elderly people nor those with chronic diseases were noticed to suffer severe conditions, Nguyen said.
He said the COVID-19 pandemic in Viet Nam remains complicated, thus face-mask wearing should be mandatory at public places, including bus stations, airports, and hospitals.
Be ready to re-open field hospitals
Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Health said that it had just sent a document to the Center for Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC), public and non-public hospitals, medical centers in districts, and Thu Duc City, alerting them to be ready for the collection and treatment of COVID-19 patients.
All hospitals, medical centers, and medical examination and treatment facilities in the city were requested to review human resources, equipment, medical supplies, personal protective equipment to get well prepared if the COVID-19 outbreak turns worse.
Specifically, infirmaries ought to strengthen screening and streamlining for timely detection of suspected cases of COVID-19 for isolation, treatment and care, limiting the spread in medical facilities. Training sessions and re-training sessions on infection control measures in hospitals should be held.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health required hospitals to be ready to re-activate field hospitals when the number of severe Covid-19 cases increases. The Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases will be responsible for preparing management and professional human resources for the reactivation of field hospitals at the request of the HCMC Department of Health./.
