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Patients and relatives transferred from COVID-19 hotspot hospital in Hà Nội

October 05, 2021 - 14:35

The Ministry of Health has ordered relevant agencies to help the Việt Nam-Germany Friendship Hospital in transferring patients and relatives from the scene of Hà Nội's latest COVID-19 cluster.

Vehicles taking patients and their relatives from the Việt Nam-Germany Friendship Hospital to Thanh Nhàn Hospital on Monday night. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hiếu

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has ordered relevant agencies to help the Việt Nam-Germany Friendship Hospital in transferring patients and relatives from the scene of Hà Nội's latest COVID-19 cluster.

On Monday night the Ministry permitted the Việt Nam-Germany Friendship Hospital to work with three local hospitals in Hà Nội to transfer patients and their relatives for treatment, providing they had tested negative for COVID-19.

The three hospitals are Thanh Nhàn Hospital, Hà Nội Medical University Hospital and Đức Giang Hospital.

Patients and their relatives getting off a bus at Thanh Nhàn Hospital. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hiếu

The transfer of patients and their relatives must comply with regulations on COVID-19 prevention and control, the Ministry said.

The move aimed to reduce the number of patients and their relatives at the Việt Nam-Germany Friendship Hospital and will help the authorities put the cluster of COVID-19 cases that was first found on September 30 under control.

A seriously ill patient is removed from an ambulance on a stretcher at Thanh Nhàn Hospital. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hiếu

At a meeting with the Health Ministry on Monday, the Việt Nam-Germany Friendship Hospital submitted a request to send 200 patients and their relatives to the Hà Nội Medical University Hospital for treatment, 450 patients and their relatives to the Thanh Nhàn Hospital and 350 patients and their relatives to Đức Giang Hospital.

A bus en route from the Việt Nam-Germany Friendship Hospital to Thanh Nhàn Hospital. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hiếu

The representative asked for support from the Health Ministry, the city’s Health Department and other relevant agencies to help ensure that the transfer of the patients and their relatives happened as smoothly and safely as possible.

From September 30 to 11am on October 5, there have been 42 cases of COVID-19 in connection with the hospital. — VNS

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