Ten emergency medical teams involved in the second regional collaboration drill in Da Nang city. (Photo: VTV)
Da Nang (VNA) – Vietnam stands ready to with other ASEAN
member states in in the region, affirmed
Deputy Minister of Health Pham Le Tuan at the second regional collaboration
drill held in the central coastal city of Da Nang on March 26.
The event, which was jointly held by the Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA), Thailand’s National Institute for Emergency Medicine (NIEM) and the
municipal People’s Committee, is part of the project on strengthening the ASEAN
regional capacity on disaster health management. Vietnam and other nine ASEAN
states have proactively joined in the project since 2015.
Tuan said that international drills will enable Vietnamese medical management
agencies to improve their professional capacity in case of natural disasters.
Senior Representative of JICA Office Nozomi Iwama said that the
rehearsal aims to bolster cooperation between medical forces to have prompt
response in case of emergency.
JICA will collect specific response and build a cooperation mechanism on health
response in the ASEAN bloc, she noted.
Ten emergency medical teams (EMTs) from ASEAN and Japan took part in the rehearsal
in which a fierce storm was supposed to make landfall in the central coastal
area, causing critical damage in lives and property in Da Nang city, Quang Nam
province and some localities in the vicinity. Medical centres were completely
devastated and they could not provide medical aid to the victims, especially
those in isolated areas.
Under the direction of the Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called
for humanitarian aid from the ASEAN members through the ASEAN Coordinating
Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management. The EMTs joined
hands with the medical staff in Da Nang city and Quang Nam province to set up
mobile medical stations to save the victims.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
