Training course held for emergency, ICU staff in Ba Ria-Vung Tau

Participants at the training course (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) – A clinical care training
for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and a number of common diseases
was held in Vung Tau city in the southern province of for
health workers at emergency department, intensive care units (ICU) and poison
control department of local clinics with the support of the World Health
Organisation (WHO) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Addressing the court, Doctor Tran Ngoc Trieu, Vice Director
of Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s Department of Health underlined the significance of the
course in enhancing the trainees’ capacity in clinical management of infectious
emergency cases, especially SARI, in the context where the province is facing
many infectious diseases and provincial hospitals are always overload.

Doctor Vu Quang Hieu, WHO Representative in Vietnam, said
that in the past 10 years, many SARI courses have been held by the WHO and USAID
for health workers at emergency, ICU, poison control and medical examination departments.

During , the trained medical workers made
important contributions to improving the health of COVID-19 patients, he noted.

Doctor Hieu said that after COVID-19 pandemic, emergency,
ICU and infection control departments of hospitals have faced fluctuation and
shortage of personnel.

Such course is expected to help deal with difficulties in emergency
and ICU staff in localities in both immediate and long terms, he said.

The course will take place until September 27 with the
participation of leading experts from major hospitals across the country./.