Tien Giang provincial leaders check for response to Coronavirus

ABO – On February 4, Vice Chairman of Tien Giang People's Committee (PPC) Tran Van Dung and the delegation came to Tien Giang General Hospital to examine the preparation for coping with the acute respiratory disease caused by the new strain of novel Coronavirus (nCoV).

Vice Chairman of the PPC Tran Van Dung (second from right) checks the preparation of treatment facilities for nCoV-infected patients of Tien Giang General Hospital. Photo: ABO/HANH NGA

According to Tien Giang General Hospital, on the first working day after the Lunar New Year holidays, all hospital medical staff wore masks when medical examination to carry out standard precautions and drops for medical staff. The hospital organized classification from the moment the patient coming to the examination.

Patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection are classified and examined as well as consulted at a separate clinic and epidemiological exploitation, notifying the Provincial Centers for Disease Control to take samples for testing timely diagnosis, temporary isolation.

The hospital is also ready for isolation areas, isolation rooms in the Department of Infection, the number of emergency resuscitation drugs, fluids, ventilators and devices, medical supplies, personal protective equipment, chemical disinfectant for emergency treatment and treatment in case of a case. The hospital has set up an in-house and in-house rapid response team to be ready to support lower levels; establishing a hotline for prevention and control of nCoV to receive information and ready to receive rescue.

Vice Chairman of the PPC Tran Van Dung said that he was very satisfied with the hospital's preparation. However, he requested the hospital to pay special attention to the means and protective equipment for medical staff, ensuring safety and preventing the case of medical staff to be cross infected from an infected. The hospital urgently submitted a proposal to the PPC for approval of the policy on buying ventilators and specialized transfer vehicles equipped with breathing machines.

It is known that implementing the Prime Minister's Directive 06 on 4 places in the prevention and control of nCoV, Tien Giang has 3 hospitals to treat nCoV infected patients including Tien Giang General Hospital, Cai Lay Regional General Hospital and Go Cong Regional General Hospital.

By THUY HA – Translated by HUU TAM