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Medical consultation group set up for severe COVID-19 cases

The Ministry of Health on March 20 said that it has set up a specialised medical consultation group for the treatment of severe and critical COVID-19 cases in Vietnam.
Medical consultation group set up for severe COVID-19 cases ảnh 1Medical experts discuss treatment for COVID-19 patients in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry ofHealth on March 20 said that it has set up a specialised medical consultation groupfor the treatment of severe and critical COVID-19 cases in Vietnam.

The group comprises of 30 experts in thedepartments of intensive care, emergency, infectious diseases, microbiology,nutrition and pharmacy from leading hospitals such as the Hanoi-based Bach MaiHospital, the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases and Cho Ray Hospital in HoChi Minh City, among others.

It will be supervised by Assoc. Prof., DrLuong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Health Ministry’s Department for MedicalExamination and Treatment, and headed by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Gia Binh, Chairman ofthe Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and PoisonControl Association of Vietnam.

The group will hold direct or onlineconsultations per request of hospitals in charge of severe cases, and analyse theprogress of those cases to give recommendations and suitable treatment for eachpatient.

With one more patient discharged from thehospital on March 20 morning, 17 out of 85 confirmed COVID-19 patients inVietnam were declared cured and allowed to go home.

At present, COVID-19 patients are beingtreated at 12 medical facilities nationwide. There are 31 patients undertreatment at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, with two in criticalconditions./.
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