ENSURING SAFE COVID-19 PREVENTION AT HOSPITALS

After Da Nang city reported Covid-19 cases who are healthcare workers, patients and care-givers, the People’s Committee has released documents to ask the Department of Health to direct and instruct hospitals and clinics to ensure the best safety for the medical check-up and treatment to reduce to minimum the transmission of Covid-19 to the health staff, patients and the community.

Being a resident in Cat Ba township, Mr. Nguyen Phi Hung used to take health check-up at the Health Center of Cat Hai dsitrict. However, in the ongoing complicated development of Covid-19, in spite of taking more time for the disease prevention and control at the Health center, Mr. Hung, like other local residents, is feeling secured.

Mr. Nguyen Phi Hung – Cat Ba township, Cat Hai

Everyday, receiving hundreds of patients, including tourists, Cat Hai health center has distributed, selected and quarantined patients right at the gateways. All the patients have to take body temperature and make health declaration to strictly implement the regulations in diseaes prevention.

Doctor Nguyen Thanh Hoi – Director of Haiphong International General Hospital, Hospitals are the places where soon detect, give treatment and prevent infected cases from spreading to the community. However, hospitals also have the high risk of transmission in case of infected cases, even easily spreading to the community. To ensure the best safety and prevent cross transmision, hospitals and clinics are required to reinforce the screening methods, instruct suspected cases to take testing for SARS-CoV-2 for soon detection and timely quarantine./.