HCM City develops response plan to care for up to 500 critically-ill COVID-19 patients
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has developed a response plan for a scenario in which the number of COVID-19 patients reaches 10,000 – 15,000, including 500 severe cases.
HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City Departmentof Health has developed a response plan for a scenario in which the number ofCOVID-19 patients reaches 10,000 – 15,000, including 500 severe cases.
The city plans to add more hospital beds and designatethe Thu Duc Hospital for COVID-19 Treatment in Thu Duc as a medical facility providing intensive care for patients in critical conditions.
Some 50 – 100 ICU beds will be added to Cho Ray Hospital,the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCM City, and Pham Ngoc Thach, TrungVuong and Thu Duc Hospitals for COVID-19 treatment.
HCM City’s daily count of new cases has increased to three digits over the last few weeks with the total infections since April 27 exceeding 6,200, making the city the country’s largest COVID-19 hotspot at present. The city is making all-out efforts to significantlyreduce the number of local infections by the end of July.
Additionally, three hi-tech solutions were proposed bythe municipal Department of Information and Communications on July 6 to helpmonitor people self-quarantining.
People are queuing for COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA)
They include a mobile app called VHD (Vietnam HealthDeclaration) developed by military-run telecom group Viettel, to be usedto keep track of people who entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions.
STAYHOME, a home quarantine control device developed byTMS Solutions, will be used to track the location of a person inself-quarantine in real time and monitor the person’s body temperature. If thequarantined leaves his/her residence or has high temperature, the device willautomatically send a warning to authorities for an in-time response.
HCMCovidSafe, meanwhile, is a mobile SIM-based devicebuilt by Tech4Covid, a group of researchers from the University of Science andthe University of Information Technology under the Vietnam National UniversityHCM City (VNU-HCM). It is also designated to keep an eye on quarantined people.
The municipal Department of Information andCommunications said it expects the three solutions will help the city monitorhow F1 cases observe quarantine rules and promptly send warnings if there areviolations.
The solutions are scheduled to be piloted in Districts 7and 12, Tan Binh, Go Vap and VNU-HCM in the first phase which takes place thismonth. The pilot project will be extended to all districts in the second phasein August.
The move came as HCM City prepares to pilot a scheme inwhich people having close contact with COVID-19 patients, or F1 cases, areallowed to undergo home isolation instead of mandatory centralised quarantine./.
Ho Chi Minh City should make every effort to place its current COVID-19 outbreak under control by August, requested Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at a July 2 meeting with the municipal steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.
It is a must for Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s biggest COVID-19 hotspot at present, to tighten exit-entry regulations, heard a meeting between the Standing Board of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control and local leaders on July 5.
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Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)
People are queuing for COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA)
