Treatment areas set up for pregnant women with COVID-19 in HCM City

Ho Chi Minh City has set up treatment areas exclusively for pregnant women with COVID-19 given a surge in daily cases.

A pregnant woman with COVID-19 is being treated at the Hung Vuong Hospital. (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City has set uptreatment areas exclusively for pregnant women with COVID-19 given a surge in dailycases.

The Hung Vuong Hospital and the Tu Du Hospital, thetwo largest maternity facilities in the city, have been assigned with this task.

Up to 120 women who get infected with the coronavirusduring pregnancy have been admitted to the Hung Vuong Hospital over the pastweek, said Director Hoang Thi Diem Tuyet.

Meanwhile, with 150 beds, the Tu Du Hospital is treatingmore than 70 COVID-19 patients who are pregnant women and those with gynecologicaldiseases.

Doctors from the two hospitals have also coordinated withtheir colleagues in other hospitals to conduct surgeries for pregnant women withCOVID-19./.
VNA

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