More medical staff volunteer in the north to support COVID-19 hit-Bắc Giang

HÀ NỘI — Nearly  九0 doctors and nurses from Hải Phòng, Hà Nội, and Vĩnh Phúc on Wednesday left for Bắc Giang to help the northern province deal with a severe COVID- 一 九 outbreak.

Their support will primarily involve contract tracing, treatment and care of critical COVID- 一 九 patients, and COVID- 一 九 vaccination efforts, as the worst-hit province in Việt Nam’s fourth wave is seeing a double-digit daily increase in new infections with clusters surrounding industrial zones.

At the farewell ceremony with departing medical staff of Hải Phòng, the city’s Party Secretary Trần Lưu Quang said their volunteering is “a source of pride for the city’s authorities and people.”

Responding to the call from the health ministry and the city’s authorities, within  二 四 hours, many doctors, nurses, and technicians specialised in emergency cases and intensive case have signed up and  一 八 have been selected.

A group of drivers, a mobile X-ray system and an accompanying X-ray technician will also be sent to Bắc Giang Province.

The group’s primary task will be treating seriously ill COVID- 一 九 patients, in addition to other responsibilities assigned by Bắc Giang’s health authorities.

Trần Anh Cường, head of Hải Phòng’s health department, said a council of leading medical experts in the city has also been set up and stands ready to provide consultation and help for the volunteer group via teleconference.

Doctor Đàm Quang Sơn, head of the emergency ward, intensive care and toxicology unit at the Hải Phòng Lung Hospital, and leader of the team to Bắc Giang, has pledged to fulfill the mission.