(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh City’s health sector needs earlier medical interventions in treating severe COVID-19 cases to minimize the number of deaths, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son.
 Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son (L) gives a COVID-free certificate to Piers Edmund Astley Birtwistle, a 63 year-old British patient, July 26, 2021. (Photo: VNA) |
Mr. Son, who is head of the Ministry’s special standing division in Ho Chi Minh City, was speaking at a discharge ceremony on Monday for 17 COVID-19 patients at the Ho Chi Minh City COVID-19 Resuscitation Hospital.
Before his discharge, Piers Edmund Astley Birtwistle, a 63 year-old British patient, thanked the doctors and nurses who treated him and helped him recover from COVID-19.
Mr. Birtwistle said he deeply appreciated the kindness, friendliness, and professionalism of the hospital’s medical staff, as well as the hospital’s modern equipment and delicious meals.