4 private hospitals join the Covid-19 battle 3
According to the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City, Hoan My Thu Duc International General Hospital has registered to change the functions of the entire hospital, with an initial scale of 100 beds and can be increased to 200 beds when needed.
Hoan My Thu Duc Hospital has modern infrastructure and has just been in operation for a few months.
Hoan My Medical Group also calls for volunteers from more than 3,000 doctors and nurses at 15 hospitals and 6 clinics in the system to participate in F0 treatment.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam inspected Hoan My Thu Duc International General Hospital when its function was converted into a Covid-19 Treatment Center, July 26.
Trieu An Hospital operates under a `split` hospital model with 100 beds specializing in receiving and treating Covid-19.
Xuyen A Hospital also operates under a `split` model, with a scale of 125 beds.
Saigon South Hospital, after temporarily suspending operations to prevent the epidemic, also registered with the Department of Health to reopen to participate in Covid-19 treatment.
According to the assessment of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, the above 4 hospitals are capable of participating in the third floor of the city’s 5-tier treatment system.
Ho Chi Minh City is applying a 5-storey tower treatment model instead of the 3- or 4-storey tower as before.
According to information from the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Epidemic Prevention on the morning of July 27, during the epidemic from April 27 to present, Ho Chi Minh City recorded more than 68,200 Covid-19 cases.
With this number of patients, the need for medical human resources to care for and treat Covid-19 patients is huge.
As of the afternoon of July 26, more than 2,000 people registered to volunteer to participate in the fight against the epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City, of which about 1,900 people live in Ho Chi Minh City, more than 200 people live in other localities.
Le Phuong
