HCM City focuses on treatment to mitigate COVID-19 deaths
The Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department on July 27 asked medical establishments to focus on treatment for COVID-19 patients, especially those with serious symptoms and high-risk factors such as being over 65 years old, having underlying diseases, in an effort to mitigate deaths cause by the disease.
HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City’s HealthDepartment on July 27 asked medical establishments to focus on treatment forCOVID-19 patients, especially those with serious symptoms and high-risk factors such as being over 65 years old, having underlying diseases, in an effort to mitigate deaths caused by thedisease.
Accordingly, the department will rearrange medical staff in thecity for more appropriate allocation of personnel in preventive work and treatment. Medical staff and last-year medical studentsjoining in collecting samples for COVID-19 testing and vaccinations indistricts and wards will be sent to quarantine facilities to monitor patients’ healthand offer treatment to them.
Youth union members and volunteer students from medical schools will work with localhealth sectors to collect samples and assist in vaccinations.
As the number of patients is rising, mostly in locked-down areasand medical establishments, the department launched the 115 ambulance system in ThuDuc city, districts, wards and residential areas. It will also increase 115ambulance vehicles equipped with medical equipment in the near future.
Districts, wards and Thu Duc city were assigned to finishvaccinations for residents no later than August 31.
Later, the department will maintain vaccination services for those agedover 65 and having underlying diseases in 312 medical stations, public andprivate hospitals.
𓂃 As of 7pm on July 27, the city recorded 6,318 new COVID-19 casesin the past 24 hours. Since the fourth pandemic wave began on April 27, the city has logged72,740 cases, reported the Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Disease Control./.
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