February 14, 2021 | 15:58 (GMT+7)
Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 joins the fight against COVID-19
PANO – As the COVID-19 pandemic is developing complicatedly, personnel of the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 has joined Military Hospital 175’s efforts in controlling SARS-CoV-2 during the Lunar New Year holiday.
Earlier on February 5, around 25 members of Military Hospital 175 had close contact with the 1979th COVID-19 case who had come to the hospital for health checkup. Immediately, the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 sent its personnel to build a 100-bed field hospital for quarantining those with close contact with COVID-19 cases in Ho Chi Minh City. The hospital’s members also made and presented 200 litters of hand sanitizer to Military Hospital 175 for COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control.
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Members of the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 in a training course on COVID-19 prevention and control |
In addition, personnel of the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 thoroughly grasped directives of higher levels on COVID-19 prevention and control and strictly observed the Health Ministry’s 5K message: Khau trang (facemask), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering), and khai bao y te (health declaration). During the Lunar New Year holiday, the hospital’s staff made around 200 chung cakes (Vietnamese traditional rice cake) for their colleagues in the quarantine area and erected a Neu pole (a tall bamboo tree with red garment strips used to ward off evil spirits during Tet) to spray for luck and peace.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Vietnam, members of the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 have continuously improved their knowledge of COVID-19 and therapies to quickly and effectively respond to the pandemic. The hospital also hosted a training course on SARS-CoV-2 prevention and control and received more than 50 tones of goods to serve the work.
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The hospital's personnel handing over gifts to Military Hospital 175 |
As planned, after the Lunar New Year holiday, members of the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 will continue assisting Military Hospital 175 in preventing COVID-19 pandemic and be ready to be deployed to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan.
Translated by Tran Hoai