A dengue fever patient is being treated at Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children (Source: VNA)Medical Examination and Treatment Management Department under the Ministry of
Health has called on centrally-run hospitals and provincial health departments to
organise on and treatment at both
private and public .
The move aims to improve the
quality of dengue fever treatment and reduce the rate of dengue-related deaths,
director of the department Luong Ngoc Khue said on June 19.
The department required
relevant units to maintain and consolidate the operation of the Dengue Fever
Treatment Group as well as hotlines at healthcare clinics.
The National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, the
National Hospital of Pediatrics, the Hue General Hospital, the Ho Chi Minh City
Hospital of Tropical Diseases and the Pediatrics Hospitals 1 and 2 in Ho Chi
Minh City were asked to prepare all necessary equipment, medicines and manpower
for the admission and treatment of dengue fever patients.
were also tasked to help lower-level hospitals with training, especially in
diagnosing and treating .
According to the Health Ministry, by June 4,
2017, Vietnam reported 36,437 cases of dengue fever in 47 cities and provinces,
of whom 10 patients died, as compared with 36,224 cases and ten deaths in the
same period last year.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
