Nearly 100 doctors and nurses from Ho Chi Minh City provide medical support to Dak Lak province

SKĐS - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health sent nearly 100 doctors and nurses to Dak Lak to examine, treat patients, provide free medicine and instruct people on health care and disease prevention; at the same time, support medical stations to restore operations.

On November 24, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced that it had established five medical support teams for Dak Lak province and would depart for duty tomorrow (November 25).

Faced with the serious flood situation causing great damage in Dak Lak province, especially in the communes of Hoa Xuan, Hoa Thinh, Dong Xuan, Dong Hoa and Tuy An Dong - areas that are heavily affected, many areas are still deeply flooded or isolated, people lack basic medical services. The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health held an urgent meeting and decided to establish 5 medical support working groups at the official request of the Dak Lak Department of Health.

Accordingly, 5 support teams with nearly 100 doctors and nurses from general and specialized hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City are urgently preparing to go to support the health sector in Dak Lak province.

Five working groups are assigned by area and assigned to the final level hospitals of Ho Chi Minh City as team leaders, including: Gia Dinh People's Hospital, 115 People's Hospital, An Binh Hospital, Thu Duc Regional General Hospital, Binh Duong General Hospital.

Doctors and nurses in Ho Chi Minh City examine, treat and provide medicine to people in flooded areas of Khanh Hoa. Photo: SYT.

Team leaders are responsible for essential professional areas in natural disasters such as emergency - resuscitation, internal medicine, surgery and orthopedics.

In addition, in each team, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has increased human resources from specialized hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, including Obstetrics (Tu Du Hospital, Hung Vuong Hospital), Pediatrics (Children's Hospital 1, Children's Hospital 2, City Children's Hospital), Dermatology (Dermatology Hospital) and Infectious Diseases (Tropical Diseases Hospital), along with a team of nurses and pharmacists.

Five working groups with nearly 100 doctors and nurses from Ho Chi Minh City will set off on their mission on the morning of November 25.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health stated that multidisciplinary participation aims to ensure comprehensive care for people in flood-affected areas, especially children, the elderly and pregnant women - the most vulnerable groups after natural disasters.

The working groups will examine and treat people directly, provide free medicine and advise on self-care and infectious disease prevention. At the same time, the groups will support local health stations to restore operations, classify cases and coordinate referrals when necessary.

Notably, each team will bring 500 family medicine bags, including fever reducers, oral rehydration solution, diarrhea medicine, cold medicine, antiseptic solution and first aid supplies to hand out to people. A total of 2,500 medicine bags are prepared from donations from hospitals.

Source: https://suckhoedoisong.vn/gan-100-y-bac-si-tphcm-chi-vien-y-te-tinh-dak-lak-169251124151612031.htm