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Webinar shares OVs’ experience in treating COVID-19 patients

A webinar was held on August 30 to discuss the US’s experience in treating COVID-19 patients and the establishment of a group of doctors to offer remote advice to patients in the southern provinces of Dong Nai and Tien Giang.
Webinar shares OVs’ experience in treating COVID-19 patients ảnh 1At the event (Photo: organising board)

Hanoi (VNA)– A webinar was held on August 30 to discuss the US’s experience in treatingCOVID-19 patients and the establishment of a group of doctors to offer remote advice to patients in the southern provinces of Dong Nai and Tien Giang.

Co-hosted by theForeign Ministry’s State Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, the Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the Department ofForeign Affairs of Dong Nai and Tien Giang, the event is expected to gatherOVs’ ideas and suggestions in support of the fight against the pandemic insouthern localities, especially in Dong Nai and Tien Giang.

Associtate Professor Ly T Luongfrom the Loma Linda University’s School of Medicine in California presented themechanism how virus SARS-CoV-2 attacks human body.

Meanwhile, Associate Professor DoanDao Vien from the RiversideCommunity Hospital at the University of California shared experience in classifying patients that could be treatedremotely and those in need of direct examination by medical staff.

About the provision ofremote consultations by doctors in Dong Nai and Tien Giang, Vien said they willuse the US’s TeleHealth system to link up with patients via the Internet, which iscapable of offering advice to 200-300 patients per four hours each day.However, they need a group of local volunteers to support and introducepatients.

A representative ofTien Giang authorities said the province will offer advice and treatment topatients at home as guided by the Health Ministry, and wished that the OVswould make further contribution to the homeland to overcome difficulties atpresent./.

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