HCM city to shut some COVID field hospitals
(VOVWORLD) - HCM city plans to close some COVID-19 quarantine and treatment facilities as more patients have been discharged or treated at home.
 Patients at field hospital No.1 in Thủ Đức City celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, September 21, 2021. ( Photo: VNA/VNS) |
It will maintain the field hospitals in Cu Chi and Can Gio districts to treat mild patients and integrate several field hospitals with facilities set up to admit moderate and severe cases.
The existing infrastructure at facilities run by Bach Mai, Viet Duc and Hue Central hospitals will not be dismantled and will be used again if the outbreak takes a turn for the worse again.
Quarantine facilities with 20-40 beds and oxygen systems in various districts and Thu Duc city will also be maintained.