Da Nang (VNA) – The Ministry of Health and the HealthDepartment of the central city of Da Nang on October 25 held a drill on responsesto emergency cases during the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week that is slated for DaNang in November.
The exercise aimed to strengthen the Da Nang-based health sector’s managementand steering capacity and performance in dealing with emergency cases as wellas its pro-activeness and coordination.
Health experts asked medical chiefs to be posted at revenues of APECactivities to proactively design specific plans to deal with injuries,explosions, mass poisoning incidents, and disasters.
Nguyen Tan Hai, Vice Director of the Da Nang Health Department said thatthe agency has formed 23 emergency teams to serve the APEC Economic Leaders’Week, targeting different groups. Of which, 17 teams will be stationed inhotels where senior officials stay, while two teams will serve businesspartners, two for the media staff, one for the organising staff and one forflight crews.
Alongside, nine standby teams have also been set up in different healthcare facilities across Da Nang with full equipment and vehicles as well asstaff to international standards.-VNA