Ho Chi Minh City health sector ready to support community health after floods

A representative of the city's Department of Health said that, in addition to responding to the campaign to support people affected by storm No. 3 of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, on September 12, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City organized a meeting and discussed with leaders of affiliated hospitals and agreed on practical activities to share and support the health care of the northern provinces that are being heavily affected.

Specifically, to implement the support program "Family medicine bag to support people affected by storm No. 3", the Department of Health's professional council met to agree and provide a list of necessary medicines to help people isolated by floods take care of their own health (both adults and children) with detailed instructions for use to ensure safety and effectiveness.

The program "Family medicine bags to support people affected by storm No. 3" was launched by the City Department of Health throughout the health sector, including affiliated units and non-public hospitals and medical facilities to support 30,000 medicine bags for 10 northern provinces and cities that are heavily affected by storm No. 3.

It is expected that on September 14, the first bags of medicine will begin to be transported to the Health Departments of provinces and cities to promptly support people.

In the context of rising flood waters that have isolated many households, the “Family Medicine Bag” with essential medicines such as fever reducers, stomachache, diarrhea, allergies, skin antiseptics, personal bandages, etc. was quickly sent to people who were severely affected by storm No. 3. This is truly a very practical activity. In the past few days, all staff of the City Health Department have united in action and in the first phase urgently made 30,000 “Family Medicine Bags” to send to people in the northern provinces affected by storm No. 3.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tang Chi Thuong, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health also prepares human resources to support initial medical examination and treatment in the community: Assigns the City's general and specialized hospitals to "pair" with district hospitals to prepare human resources to support community health work when flood waters recede and when receiving requests for human resources support for specific tasks from the Departments of Health of northern provinces and cities or requests from the Ministry of Health .

List of supporting medicines "Family medicine bag to support people affected by storm No. 3"

Specifically, An Binh Hospital, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Dental Hospital, Mental Hospital, District 8 Hospital were assigned to support Lang Son province; Le Van Thinh Hospital, Children's Hospital 1, Tu Du Hospital, District 11 Hospital were assigned to support Cao Bang province.

Institute of Traditional Medicine, Dermatology Hospital, Hoc Mon Regional General Hospital, District 7 Hospital, Phu Nhuan District Hospital support Lao Cai province.

Rehabilitation Hospital - Occupational Disease Treatment, Eye Hospital, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Thu Duc City Hospital, District 6 Hospital, Binh Tan District Hospital, Cu Chi District Hospital, Binh Chanh District Hospital support Yen Bai province.

People's Hospital 115, Nguyen Trai Hospital, Blood Transfusion and Hematology Hospital, City Children's Hospital, Go Vap District Hospital support Phu Tho province.

Children's Hospital 2, Trung Vuong Hospital, Thu Duc Regional General Hospital, Tan Phu District Hospital, Le Van Viet Hospital support Bac Kan province.

Gia Dinh People's Hospital, Tropical Diseases Hospital, Orthopedic Trauma Hospital, Cu Chi Regional General Hospital, Traditional Medicine Hospital, District 1 Hospital, District 4 Hospital support Thai Nguyen province.

Oncology Hospital, Binh Dan Hospital, Saigon General Hospital, District 12 Hospital, Tan Binh District Hospital, Nha Be District Hospital support Hoa Binh province.

The representative of the Department of Health said: The Department appreciates and acknowledges the enthusiastic response of public and private hospitals in the city and pharmaceutical enterprises, and partners in urgently providing medicine, printing, and packaging medicine bags to promptly support people in flood-hit areas.

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