Officials check progress of intensive care centres in HCM City
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen and Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long inspected several hospitals treating COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1.
HCM City (VNA)💖 – Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh CityParty Committee Nguyen Van Nen and Health Minister NguyenThanh Long inspected several hospitals treating COVID-19patients in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1.
At the City International Hospital run by Hoa Lam Group,Minister Long applauded the hospital for volunteering to treat COVID-19 patients and decided to set up a 500-bed intensive care centre at the hospital with staff to be provided by the University Medical Centre Ho Chi Minh City. He promised to immediately provide the hospital with 50 ventilators from the Health Ministry’s warehouse in the city. The hospital is scheduled to beginreceiving COVID-19 patients on August 2 morning. Inspecting the progress of the temporary COVID-19 hospital No.16 run by the Hanoi-based Bach MaiHospital, deputy head of the Bach Mai Hospital’s Emergency Department A9 Dr. DoNgoc Son said the temporary hospital is treating nearly 300 patients and its staff, sent from Bach Mai's headquarters in Hanoi, are working hard to set up a 500-bed intensive care centre to take care of patients in serious conditions. The health minister instructed providing 100 high-performance ventilators and 100 high-flownasal cannulas for the temporary hospital No 16. He requested that the intensive care centrebe set up within the next 48 hours, adding that at least 20 beds should be reserved for pregnant patients. Checking the pace of the building of an intensive care centre at temporary hospital No.13 run by the Hanoi-based Viet DucHospital and another at temporary hospital No.11 operated by Hue Central Hospital, the officials asked units concerned to step up their construction, striving toreceive patients in serious conditions by August 5, initially with 200 beds and raising to 500 beds at the earliest. Nen also took the occasion to urge local units concerned tosimplify administrative procedures so that the intensive care centres can immediately receive patients in seriousconditions, thus mitigating deaths. He also thanked leaders of the Health Ministry and medical workers throughout the country for assisting the city in the effort./.
The Medical University Hospital has been asked by the Ministry of Health to set up a 500-bed intensive care centre to improve readiness and capacity to deal with the COVID-19 spike in the country.
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