Health Minister inspects intensive care units in HCM City
HCM City (VNA) – A working
delegation led by Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long inspected the reception and
treatment of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs) established by the
Health Ministry in Ho Chi Minh City on August 16.
Visiting Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital’s ICU based at the COVID-19 treatment hospital No.13 and Bach Mai Hospital’s unit at the COVID-19 treatment hospital No.16, Long asked them to actively treat patients in serious and
critical conditions.
The same day, the minister also inspected
the construction of an ICU run by Hue Central Hospital at the COVID-19 treatment hospital
No.14.
He also requested immediately deploying
equipment and human resources to the unit.
HCM City is now the largest coronavirus
hotspot in the country with nearly 150,000 infections as of August 15./.