Military medical units qualified to perform coronavirus testing
The Ministry of National Defence’s military medical department on March 19 provided training on novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) testing for health workers of military medical units as the virus continues to spread widely in Vietnam.
Health workers of military medical units take part in a training course on novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) testing on March 19. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of National Defence’smilitary medical department on March 19 provided training on novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) testing for health workers of military medical units as the viruscontinues to spread widely in Vietnam.
Health workers from the country’s major military medicalunits, including 108 Military Central Hospital, 103 Military Hospital, MilitaryInstitute of Preventive Medicine and Vietnam – Russia Tropical Centre (Hanoi),175 Military Hospital, Military Centre of Preventive Medicine in the South (HoChi Minh City) received training on how to properly conduct coronavirus testing.
They were instructed on how to safely collect and handlehuman specimens for testing; to correctly perform testing for SARS-CoV-2 using Real-time PCR technology; and to analyse the results.
The department’s deputy chief Colonel Nguyen Huu My said theMinistry of Health has authorized a selected number of military medical unitsto perform testing for the novel coronavirus in order to keep up with thegrowing number of suspected cases across the country.
The training course is important as it allows the medicalstaff to early and correctly confirm whether a person carries the virus, hesaid.
After the course, these military facilities are qualified to conduct the coronavirus testing, alongside dozens of hospitals andmedical institutes nationwide, such as Bach Mai Hospital; National Hospital ofPeadiatrics; Hanoi Centre for Disease Control; National Hospital of TropicalDiseases; National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology;Pasteur Institutes in HCM City and Nha Trang; Hospital of Tropical Diseases inHCM City; Cho Ray Hospital; and Hue Central Hospital; among others.
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Health workers of military medical units take part in a training course on novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) testing on March 19. (Photo: VNA)
