Doctors at a surgery at the Vietnam-German Hospital (Photo VNA)
(VNA) – All hospitals at both central and local levels in Hanoi
have carefully prepared for emergencies during Tet (Lunar New
Year).
Civil servants will have seven days off for Tet, between February 14 and 20.
Medical staff at the hospitals will work shifts so that
hospitals have staff on duty 24 hours daily. Medicine and medical equipment are
also ready to serve patients during the Tet holiday,
the Kinh
te do thi (Urban economy) newspaper
reported.
A representative of the Việt Nam – Germany Hospital, a
hospital that often treats seriously injured patients, especially traffic
accident victims, said the hospital was fully prepared.
All head and deputy head of the hospital’s departments were
told to stay in Hanoi during the holiday so that they could serve in
emergencies, he said.
The emergency department’s staff also had to take shifts to
be on duty 24 hours daily as normal, he said.
The hospital also prepared Tet gifts for patients treated during the holiday.
In Bach Mai Hospital, Duong Duc Hung, head of the hospital’s
Planning Office said a total of 350 doctors and nurses would be on duty during
the holidays to ensure all patients were promptly treated.
The hospital has planned to provide free meals and gifts for
patients staying at the hospital during Tet, he added.
Careful preparation also has been made at the National
Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynaecology as well as Hanoi Hospital of Obstetrics
and Gynaecology. The boards of the two hospitals would also be on duty
during Tet.
Other , including Thanh Nhan, Dong Da, Ha Dong and
Saint Paul, have stored enough medicine and asked doctors and nurses to take
shifts during the holiday.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said the ministry would make random
checks at several hospitals during Tet.
Tien said the ministry ordered all hospitals to assign doctors and nurses to
take shifts to ensure patients were served 24 hours a day during the holiday.
All the hospitals were required to publish two hotlines, the hospital’s hotline
and the ministry’s hotline, to receive people’s comments, she added.
If people found any doctor, nurse or not working on their shift
or causing trouble for patients, people could contact the ministry’s hot line
1900.9095. “The ministry will immediately fix it,” she said.
The ministry also asked all hospitals to make plans to deal with emergencies,
such as massive poisonings and traffic accidents.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
