Proactively deploy medical work to respond to storm No. 3

(Chinhphu.vn) - The Ministry of Health requires the organization of professional and emergency duty 24/7; ready to receive and provide emergency care for victims caused by rain and floods; not to interrupt emergency care and treatment for people in case storm No. 3 affects the mainland.

No interruption in patient treatment in case storm No. 3 makes landfall. Photo: VGP/HM

According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 7:00 a.m. on July 20, the center of storm No. 3 was in the northern part of the East Sea, about 600 km east of Leizhou Peninsula (China). The storm is currently at level 10-11 (89-117 km/h), gusting to level 13.

Due to the influence of storm No. 3, in the eastern sea area of the North East Sea, the wind will gradually increase to level 6-7, near the center of the storm, it will increase to level 8-9, then increase to 10-11, gusting to level 13, waves 4-6m high. There is a high possibility that the storm will affect the mainland of Vietnam (early from the evening and night of July 21, expected on July 22), the affected area is from Quang Ninh - Nghe An .

To proactively respond to storm No. 3, the Ministry of Health requests the Departments of Health of provinces and cities in the Northern and Central regions; units under and directly under the Ministry of Health in the Northern and Central regions to urgently and strictly implement the directives of the Prime Minister; the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense and the Ministry of Health on proactively responding to storms and floods, ensuring safety for people.

At the same time, closely monitor the developments of storms, rain and flood situations, flash flood warnings, landslides, and land subsidence due to rain or water flow according to the announcements of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting and the mass media; proactively review plans and solutions for storm and flood prevention and control and deploy storm and flood prevention and response work in accordance with natural disaster developments and practical requirements of localities and units.

In case of storms affecting the mainland, organize professional and emergency services 24/7; be ready to receive and provide emergency care to victims caused by rain and floods; do not interrupt emergency care and treatment for people; ensure adequate supply of essential medicines for people, promptly replenish reserves of medicines, chemicals, and supplies for disaster prevention and search and rescue.

Implement plans to protect medical facilities in areas at risk of being affected by floods; proactively evacuate medical facilities in low-lying areas at risk of flooding, flash floods, landslides.

Organize environmental sanitation, disease prevention, ensure clean water, food safety due to storms and floods; arrange and stabilize medical examination and treatment facilities, ensure medical examination and treatment for people after floods.

Units also need to report on the damage situation, needs, local guarantee capacity and propose support when exceeding local guarantee capacity to the Ministry of Health (through the Department of Planning and Finance) for synthesis and reporting to the competent authority for decision.

The Ministry of Health said that during the implementation process, if there are any problems, units can report to the Department of Planning and Finance, Ministry of Health (Standing Office of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue, Ministry of Health).

HM

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