Emergency resuscitation temporary hospital put into operation in Binh Duong

Officials of the Health Ministry and the provincial People’s Committee visit the in southern Binh Duong province.(Photo: moh.gov.vn)

Binh Duong (VNA) – An emergency resuscitation temporary hospital, specialising
in treating , was put into operation on August 12 in
the southern province of ’s Thuan An district.

The
hospital, with a total of 437 beds, was built inside Becamex International
General Hospital in just six days, to treat  patients in the
province.

Speaking at
the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son said the temporary
hospital was built thanks to the great efforts of local authorities as
well as the support of both human resources and medical equipment from the
Government and Hanoi Medical University Hospital.

Son also said
when the number of COVID-19 patients increased very quickly in the province,
with many severe cases, local authorities proposed the
ministry set up the hospital.

Associate
Professor Nguyen Lan Hieu, Director of the Hanoi Medical University Hospital,
who was recently assigned to be the head of the field hospital, said
it was implemented very quickly thanks to requisition of the available
facilities and modern machinery from the Becamex International General
Hospital.

We are now
focused on upgrading rooms to increase the number of intensive care unit (ICU)
beds and preparing oxygen and compressed air, ventilators
and dialysis machines, he added.

The temporary
hospital could conduct ECMO techniques to treat critically ill COVID-19
patients, he said.

The hospital
includes medical staff of the Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Becamex
International General Hospital, Binh Duong General Hospital and teams of
doctors and nurses from many localities, especially from the northern
provinces, he said.

Vo Van Minh, Chairman
of the People’s Committee of Binh Duong province, said at the opening ceremony
of the temporary hospital that he thanked the health ministry, Associate
Professor Nguyen Lan Hieu as well as all medical staff.

Minh also said
he hoped all doctors and medical staff of the temporary hospital would overcome
difficulties and improve the efficiency of treatment for COVID-19 patients./.