Delivering oxygen generators to temporary hospitals for (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – is building more
temporary hospitals for COVID-19 treatment as part of efforts to prepare for a
scenario of 60,000 infections, according to Vice Director of the municipal
Health Department Nguyen Hoai Nam.
Speaking at a press conference on July 19, Nam said that
currently, the hospitals are being constructed with the support of enterprises
and expected to double the city’s current capacity of treating 30,000 patients.
Nam said that currently, the conditions in the city are
meeting treatment requirements, but it is necessary to prepare for a worse
situation amid complicated developments of the pandemic.
The city has classified COVID-19 patients basing on their
conditions. Patients showing no symptoms are being treated at temporary
hospitals which have a combined capacity of about 6,000 beds, he said.
Nam also affirmed that basically, HCM City now has enough
respirators and ECMO supporting treatment, but the city is purchasing
more medical equipment to prepare for a worse scenario.
He also rejected the information that temporary hospitals in the city had asked for
respirators, clarifying that each hospital has been equipped with four
high-pressure oxygen generators, and respirators will be used in central-level
hospitals.
Explaining the slow hospitalising of , Nam attributed the
situation to a lack of smooth coordination among relevant agencies initially, affirming
that the city has assigned the 115 Emergency Centre to take the charge of
regulating patients so that no patient will be denied.
At the event, Nguyen Hong Tam, Vice Director of the city Centre for Disease
Control said that in the past 24 hours, HCM City saw 3,139 new infections, 90
percent of whom were found in quarantine or locked-down areas. Only six were
discovered in industrial parks, much fewer than that in previous days, he added.
He revealed that the city has 2,140 F1s undertaking home quarantine in eight
districts.
Tam said that as of July 19, 277 local firms had registered to maintain
operations with the “three-on-spot” principle (work, eat and rest on the spot)
or “one route-two destinations” with an aim to stabilise production and
minimise the spread of the pandemic./.
Source: VietnamPlus
