Covid-19 treatment facility to b
Covid-19 treatment facility to be put into
operation in Binh Thuan from March 18
BTO- A delegation from
Ministry of Health, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (directly
under Ministry of Health), and Binh Thuan provincial department of Health on
March 15 made a survey at the would-be treatment center for Covid-19 infected
cases in Binh Thuan Hospital for Traditional Medicine & Rehabilitation (HTMR).
The 100-bed- hospital for
Covid-19 patient is a building, which has a separate entrance and locates far
from other parts of HTMR. This facility has been fully prepared for treatment.
Entertaining devices, wireless internet services, accommodations for medical
workers, environmental hygine, food storage, waste treatment… are available and
ready to welcome them.
On the same day, department of
Health issued an express dispatch to ask regional hospitals and district-level
medical centers in the province to sent doctors and nurses to this
newly-established Covid-19 hospital. Each facility must sent at least 1 doctor
and 2 nurses working in departments of Medicine, Pediatrics and Infection. With
the purpose of ensuring safety and healthy for their relatives, all medical
staffs working at this hospital must stay at the spot instead of going home.
The facility is expected to
officially open on March 18.
Translated by
Phuong Lan (Source: Binh Thuan Online)