A medical worker takes a swab for COVID-19 testing from a resident in Son Tra district of Da Nang city (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Among the 242 active cases currently under
treatment in Vietnam, 13 are in a critical condition, the Ministry of
Health said on August 3.
Dr Luong Ngoc Khue, director of the ’s Department of
Medical Examination and Treatment and deputy head of the
sub-committee on treatment at the National Steering Committee for COVID-19
Prevention and Control, said among the severe cases, ten have
required and (Extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation).
Previously, more than 20 percent of these cases had showed no clinical symptoms.
The majority of patients are elderly with many underlying conditions. These
patients are under special treatment at Hue Central Hospital, Da Nang Hospital,
Da Nang Lung Hospital, and Quang Nam General Hospital in central Vietnam, along
with HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
Khue said all the best doctors have been called in to help treat the
patients, who are closely monitored through the COVID-19 online support
and operation management centre located in the department.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son has requested directors of Cho Ray
Hospital, HCM City’s Medicine and Pharmacy University Hospital and the HCM City
Hospital for Tropical Diseases to urgently send health experts to Quang Nam
General Hospital to participate in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Khue suggested medical examination and treatment facilities closely
monitor the COVID-19 pandemic to detect all suspected cases and cases
coming from pandemic-hit areas for immediate isolation and quarantine.
As of August 3 morning, Vietnam had reported 621 infections, with 372 recoveries and six fatalities./.
Source: VietnamPlus
