All medical resources must be mobilised to fight COVID-19 in HCM City: Deputy PM

(C) inspects pandemic prevention and control at (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The efficiency must be placed first and
all medical resources must be mobilised to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of
public or private, military or civilian, central or local level, Deputy Prime
Minister Vu Duc Dam stressed while inspecting pandemic prevention
and control at Military Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh City on July 27.

Dam, who is Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control, said that the pandemic has spread widely in Ho Chi Minh City
and its neighbouring localities, requiring the application of special solutions.

Local people should accept to sacrifice personal interests,
give up some personal habits and needs for a while to avoid heavy losses in lives when the
pandemic cripples the healthcare system, he said.

The Deputy PM asked local administrations at all levels to ensure people’s
lives, mobilise and create the best conditions for charitable activities to
better support people in need.  

At
present, ’s mission is to ensure the strict implementation of
social distancing regulations, protecting the safety of medical staff, and
improve the efficiency of coordination and cooperation between sectors,
localities and units in transport and treatment of COVID-19
patients, he noted.

According
to Major General Nguyen Hong Son, Director of Military Hospital 175, since the COVID-19 broke out in the city, the hospital has expanded its screening of those with
high risks. The hospital is ready to support pandemic prevention and control
for military hospitals in the Southeast region./.