HCM City: new COVID-19 treatment facility operates; over 21,330 patients discharged
Vietnam’s biggest pandemic hotspot Ho Chi Minh City put into operation a nearly-3,000-bed COVID-19 treatment hospital in District 7’s Phu Nhuan ward on July 28 and has so far seen over 21,330 COVID-19 patients discharged from local hospitals.
HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam’s biggest pandemic hotspotHo Chi Minh City put into operation a nearly-3,000-bed COVID-19 treatment hospitalin District 7’s Phu Nhuan ward on July 28 and has so far seen over 21,330COVID-19 patients discharged from local hospitals.
According to the municipal Health Department, in the firstday of its operation, the facility completed the installation of close to 700beds, with another 500 beds due to be set up in the next two days. The remaining will be in place in early August.
Hung Vuong Hospital, which runs the facility hasdeployed more than 300 medical staff to work here.
The city now has 38 hospitals for treating COVID-19patients, with their total number of beds exceeding 50,000.
According to the HCM City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC),the southern economic hub has recorded more than 74,800 COVID-19 cases since April 27, with 39,114 patients being under treatment and the death toll reaching 815./.
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.
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Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) 
