Military medical units qualified to perform coronavirus testing

Health workers of military medical units take part in a training course on novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) testing on March 19. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of National Defence’s
military medical department on March 19 provided training on novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) testing for health workers of as the virus
continues to spread widely in Vietnam.

Health workers from the country’s major military medical
units, including 108 Military Central Hospital, 103 Military Hospital, Military
Institute of Preventive Medicine and Vietnam – Russia Tropical Centre (Hanoi),
175 Military Hospital, Military Centre of Preventive Medicine in the South (Ho
Chi Minh City) received training on how to properly conduct coronavirus testing.

They were instructed on how to safely collect and handle
human specimens for testing; to correctly perform using Real-time PCR technology; and to analyse the results.

The department’s deputy chief Colonel Nguyen Huu My said the
Ministry of Health has authorized a selected number of military medical units
to perform testing for the novel coronavirus in order to keep up with the
growing number of suspected cases across the country.

The training course is important as it allows the medical
staff to early and correctly confirm whether a person carries the virus, he
said.

After the course, these military facilities are qualified to conduct the testing, alongside dozens of hospitals and
medical institutes nationwide, such as Bach Mai Hospital; National Hospital of
Peadiatrics; Hanoi Centre for Disease Control; National Hospital of Tropical
Diseases; National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology;
Pasteur Institutes in HCM City and Nha Trang; Hospital of Tropical Diseases in
HCM City; Cho Ray Hospital; and Hue Central Hospital; among others.

As of March 19 morning, Vietnam had confirmed 76 cases./.