HBA proposes setting up field hospitals in industrial parks

HCM
City (VNS/VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park Authority Business
Association (HBA) has asked for approval from the city’s authorities
and the Steering Committee for Pandemic Prevention and Control to set
up  to treat workers in industrial parks and export
processing zones.

According
to HBA, as of the beginning of August, nearly half of enterprises in 17 export
processing zones and industrial zones in the city had registered to allow
workers to stay at their workplaces. 

Nearly
84 percent of the companies have met the requirements, while 92 factories are
adding necessary conditions to meet the requirements.

According
to HBA, the Sepzone Linh Trung Company is working with investors
to build a field hospital at ready-built workshops in the Linh Trung
2 Export Processing Zone. Many investors have said they would donate medical
equipment to the field hospital.

HBA
also urged the health sector to assist companies
with technical and medical skills so they can conduct rapid tests for
COVID-19.

The
association recommended that the city prioritise vaccinations for workers in Cat
Lai Industrial Park and .

The
city has 17 export processing zones, industrial parks and high-tech zones
with 1,500 businesses.

In
a related matter, Tay Ninh province plans to build a 600-bed field
hospital in Thanh Thanh Cong Industrial Park and a 500-bed field hospital in
the Phuoc Dong Industrial Zone. 

Volunteers
join pandemic fight 

More
than 7,000 people across the country have volunteered to help HCM City
fight the current outbreak, following a request from Deputy Minister
of Health Nguyen Truong Son last month.

Of
the number, nearly 800 medical workers are working in private and public health
clinics (including retired medical staff), and the rest are students and other
staff.

Up
to 2,500 of them have begun treating  patients in the city.

The
city will continue to call on volunteers, especially those with medical
expertise such as doctors and nurses to support treatment, according to the
Department of Health./.