Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital was blocked 1
On the afternoon of June 12, the main gate of the hospital on Vo Van Kiet Street restricted people from entering and exiting.
Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital was blocked on the afternoon of June 12.
According to the Department of Health, the hospital still maintains RT-PCR diagnostic testing and care for Covid-19 patients being treated.
These two hospitals are responsible for receiving mild and severe cases of nCoV infection, according to the 4 on-site motto assigned by the Ministry of Health, with the support of a team of doctors and nurses from Gia Dinh People’s Hospital and designated hospitals.
The City Department of Health said the above support promptly responded to the latest developments when the Hospital for Tropical Diseases detected a suspected case of Covid-19.
Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital, afternoon of June 12.
Previously, on the morning of June 12, the hospital discovered three suspected cases, including two information technology employees and one person working in the administrative department, the wife of one of the two employees mentioned above.
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases is a frontline medical unit in the care and treatment of infectious diseases in the southern region, with 550 beds.
People entering and leaving the hospital were strictly controlled on the afternoon of June 12.
This conversion is part of the treatment block’s Covid-19 response plan in a situation where the city records 5,000 positive cases of nCoV.
By this afternoon, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 650 Covid-19 cases;
In the fourth outbreak, 30 hospitals and clinics in the city were blocked or stopped accepting patients after detecting infected or suspected cases for treatment.
Tropical Diseases Hospital is temporarily blockaded
Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital is temporarily locked down this afternoon.
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