Three hospitals in Da Nang city have been locked down since July 28. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – has urged medical
centres in other provinces and cities to share the burden with Da Nang as the
central coastal city is now a hotspot of COVID-19.
After 15
community infection cases were recorded at three hospitals in Da Nang, doctors
of in Hanoi and Cho Ray Hospital in HCM
City have come to Da Nang to offer assistance in treatment and medical
equipment.
Da Nang Hospital
has made arrangements to ensure quarantine and treatment conditions for severe
cases.
Hue Central Hospital in neighbouring Thua
Thien-Hue province
is preparing equipment and infrastructure to receive critically-ill COVID-19
patients, especially those suffering from various diseases or on kidney
dialysis, to share the burden with Da Nang.
During an
online meeting with leading hospitals on July 28 on the treatment of COVID-19 patients, leaders of the Da
Nang Hospital said among 15 active cases, two patients (No 416 and 418) are in
critical condition.
Patient 416,
the first locally-transmitted case found in Vietnam after more than three months, has been now on Extracorporeal Membrane
Oxygenation (ECMO) for four consecutive days.
He is also
on blood filtration and a breathing machine. His
health indexes and body functions are in control.
Patient 418
was diagnosed with a severe acute respiratory infection and suffering from
other conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes as well as kidney damage
and increased white blood cells. Doctors are considering ECMO.
These two
patients no longer have a fever, according to doctors.
Deputy Prime
Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the
National Steering Committee for Prevention
and Control, said: “The treatment needs utmost efforts in order to avoid
fatalities.”
“The
pandemic is very dangerous. If we are negligent, we will see rapid developments,”
he said.
He asked the
Ministry of Health to use technology in testing to trace the infection sources
as soon as possible. Hospitals must strictly follow prevention and control
regulations when receiving patients and get ready to offer help to others if
necessary.
Society must
take preventive measures, from immigration control, testing, quarantine to
checking those exposed to infections, he said.
Seven more new COVID-19 cases were confirmed
on July 28 in city and Quang Nam province,
taking the total count in the country to 438 as of 6pm of July 28, according to
the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Three COVID-29 patients were given the all clear on July 27
and one more on July 28, raising the number of recoveries to 369./.
Source: VietnamPlus
