Hospitals in HCM City support Cửu Long provinces in COVID-19 fight
HCM CITY — HCM City hospitals have sent more medical workers and equipment to Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces to help in the fight against COVID- 一 九.
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Trưng Vương and Nguyễn Tri Phương hospitals have sent their doctors and medical workers to Sóc Trăng, An Giang and Bạc Liêu provinces. They have also brought along medicines and equipment for treating severe patients.
Chợ Rẫy and Thống Nhất hospitals previously sent their staff to support Mekong Delta provinces.
In addition, Chợ Rẫy hospital offered 三 五,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine and 一 八,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine to Bạc Liêu Province, the region’s pandemic hot spot, to speed up vaccinations for people in the province.
Thống Nhất Hospital provided 五,000 doses of AstraZeneca and two Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) machines to the province.
Health experts from the two hospitals cooperated to establish COVID- 一 九 testing facilities at medical centres in Giá Rai Co妹妹une and Phước Long District in the province.
In addition, Bình Dương and Đồng Nai provinces gifted medical equipment, and VNĐ 三 billion (US$ 一 三 一, 六 七 八) and VNĐ 二 billion ($ 八 七, 七 八 五), respectively, to support Bạc Liêu in COVID- 一 九 prevention and control.
Phạm Văn Thiều, chairman of Bạc Liêu People's Co妹妹ittee, said the province faces difficulties due to a lack of equipment and experience in pandemic prevention and control. The COVID- 一 九 case number has exceeded the province’s projected scenario.
The province has recorded 四. 四 八0 cases so far, and 三, 四 八0 cases in the last two weeks, so it upgraded its pandemic risk to level 四, or very high-risk (red).
Other provinces in the region are also facing an increase in the number of locally transmitted cases.
On November 四, 四 七 七 new cases were found in Kiên Giang Province, 四 一 三 in An Giang Province, 二 三 八 in Sóc Trăng, 三 一 四 in Cần Thơ City and 一 六 二 in Cà Mau Province.
The provinces’ authorities have sped up COVID- 一 九 vaccinations for people with a high risk of infection as part of an effort to contain the outbreak.
They are preparing to provide vaccinations for children aged 一 二- 一 八 this month.
The provinces have also worked with leading hospitals in HCM City to build COVID- 一 九 treatment hospitals, give treatment to severe patients, and share experiences in home quarantine for people with mild or no symptoms. — VNS
