Field Hospital No. 1 Nghe An stops operating

On September 26, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thanh - Head of Nghe An Field Hospital No. 1 said that this hospital has just temporarily stopped operating after being cleared of Covid-19 patients. This is the second field hospital in Nghe An to run out of patients. It is expected that in the next few days, Field Hospitals No. 2 and No. 5 will also temporarily stop operating.

Field Hospital No. 1 was put into operation at the end of June, when Nghe An began to record a series of patients. The hospital has a scale of 100 beds, requisitioned from Hung Nguyen District Medical Center. However, there was a time when it had to treat up to 187 patients, having to borrow beds from nearby medical facilities.

Medical staff at Field Hospital No. 1 have completed their mission and are currently in centralized quarantine to return to their families after 3 months. Photo: TH

According to Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thanh, in the past 3 months, this place has treated nearly 600 Covid-19 patients, being the first field hospital and also the field hospital treating the most patients in Nghe An. "In the past 3 months, we have received many very serious patients. There were cases over 90 years old, with many underlying diseases that required treatment for a month and a half," Mr. Thanh said, adding that during the operation here, there were no unfortunate incidents, no complications, and no patient deaths.

To date, Nghe An has recorded more than 1,800 Covid-19 patients. Currently, only 71 patients are being treated, mainly at the Tropical Disease Center (Nghe An General Hospital). Previously, Field Hospital No. 4 also temporarily stopped operating after nearly 1 month of activation.