Medical experts discuss treatment for patients in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of
Health on March 20 said that it has set up a specialised
for the treatment of severe and critical COVID-19 cases in Vietnam.
The group comprises of 30 experts in the
departments of intensive care, emergency, infectious diseases, microbiology,
nutrition and pharmacy from leading hospitals such as the Hanoi-based Bach Mai
Hospital, the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases and Cho Ray Hospital in Ho
Chi Minh City, among others.
It will be supervised by Assoc. Prof., Dr
Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Health Ministry’s Department for Medical
Examination and Treatment, and headed by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Gia Binh, Chairman of
the Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Poison
Control Association of Vietnam.
The group will hold direct or online
consultations per request of hospitals in charge of severe cases, and analyse the
progress of those cases to give recommendations and suitable treatment for each
patient.
With one more patient discharged from the
hospital on March 20 morning, 17 out of 85 confirmed in
Vietnam were declared cured and allowed to go home.
At present, COVID-19 patients are being
treated at 12 medical facilities nationwide. There are 31 patients under
treatment at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, with two in critical
conditions./.
Source: VietnamPlus
