. (Photo: isofhcare.com)Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi Medical University Hospital has
been asked by the to set up a 500-bed intensive care centre to
improve readiness and capacity to deal with the spike in the country.
The Hanoi Medical University Hospital must promptly draw up a
plan for the establishment of the , which
should be submitted to the Health Ministry’s Department of Medical Examination and
Treatment before 5pm on July 29, according to an official document issued by
Prof., Dr. Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the departmen, on July 24.
The hospital must also make a report on the current condition of its existing intensive care unit (ICU) to the department no later than 8am
on July 26, the officially document said.
The new centre will be provided with medical equipment for intensive
care, for examples, ICU beds, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and high
flow nasal cannula (HFNC) machines, and ventilators, by the Health Ministry./.
Source: VietnamPlus
