HCM City has asked local hospitals to stand ready to receive COVID-19 patients (Photo: VNA)HCM City
(VNA) – Health Department has asked local hospitals to stand
ready to receive COVID-19 patients in necessary circumstances, amid the rising
number of infections.
Along with preparing
an 1,800-bed hospital for COVID-19 patients, other hospitals should be ready to
resume its COVID-19 treatment units, the department underlined at a meeting on COVID-19 fight in the city on April 25.
According to Bui
Nguyen Thanh Long, deputy head of the Medical Profession Office under the
department, the number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in the city
has risen since April 12.
(Photo: VNA)As of April 23, the
city had seen 1,288 cases undertaking home quarantine, up 1,136 cases over the
previous week. Currently, 200 patients are receiving treatment in local
hospital, with five requiring respiratory support. The majority of the patients
are over 50 years old.
The city has 46
medical establishments providing COVID-19 treatment with a total of 2,255 beds,
including 338 ICU beds. Alongside, a with 1,800 beds has also
been ready for operation if severe cases at the city Hospital for Tropical
Diseases exceed 50.
Vice Director of the
municipal Health Department Dr. Nguyen Van Vinh Chau said that so far, the city
has been ready for the re-outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
The department has
provided a list of 10 COVID-19 experts to local hospital in case they need
professional support.
Meanwhile, the
department will maintain the operation of 59 vaccination stations for
adults during the upcoming National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day
(May 1) holidays./.
Source: VietnamPlus
