Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy visits and encourages medical staff on the front line against Covid-19

Also attending were comrades: Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province; Duong Dinh Chinh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Health.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy listened to a report on the organization of treatment for patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 at the Tropical Disease Center, Provincial General Hospital of Friendship. Photo: Thanh Duy

Visiting the medical staff of Nghe An General Hospital working at the Tropical Disease Center, the Provincial Party Secretary and the delegation inquired about the health, work situation, and accommodation of the medical staff. Currently, the Tropical Disease Center has about 90 staff, doctors, and nurses working in rotation, treating 60 patients infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Talking with doctors, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy shared: When the Covid-19 epidemic appeared, as one of the frontline, core, and direct shock forces, the team of doctors and medical staff had to work hard, under stress, and race against time.

Tropical Disease Center, Provincial General Hospital. Photo: Thanh Duy

Among them, the staff and doctors of the Provincial General Hospital, especially the staff and doctors working at the Tropical Disease Center, are under more pressure, hardship and difficulty because they are directly treating patients positive for SARS-CoV-2 and patients at high risk of Covid-19 infection.

“We highly appreciate and acknowledge your self-sacrifice, your readiness to take action, and your pioneering spirit for your responsibility to the patients and your duty as a people's physician,” said the head of the Provincial Party Committee; at the same time, we share the silent sacrifices of the medical team when they put aside their own personal happiness, are far from their wives, husbands, children, families, and loved ones, and overcome everything to carry out their duties in an environment with a very high risk of infection.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy chatted and visited the medical staff working at the Tropical Disease Center, Provincial General Hospital of Friendship. Photo: Thanh Duy

The delegation presented gifts to the medical staff working at the Tropical Disease Center, Provincial General Hospital. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy visited and presented gifts to Mr. Phan Van Hung, a nurse at the Emergency Department of the Provincial General Friendship Hospital, a member of the volunteer team who is being treated after an appendectomy. Photo: Thanh Duy

Overcoming all, the team of doctors and nurses has been directly caring and treating patients every day and every hour, especially regularly consulting and building the best treatment regimen to save the lives of patients with serious complications.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, the Provincial Party Secretary warmly commended and acknowledged the spirit of the Provincial General Friendship Hospital, departments, especially the Tropical Disease Center; at the same time expressed his belief that in the coming time, the unit will better fulfill its mission of taking care of people's health; worthy of being the leading flag, the leading bird, the final hospital, a reliable support for the people and the provincial health sector in disease prevention and control.

The Provincial Party Secretary and the working delegation visited the provincial police officers and soldiers on duty at the Provincial General Friendship Hospital. Photo: Thanh Duy

The delegation presented gifts to police officers and soldiers on duty at the Provincial General Friendship Hospital. Photo: Thanh Duy

Next, the working delegation of Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy visited and encouragedMore than 50 doctors and medical staff working at the Provincial General Hospital and the Provincial Center for Disease Control (CDC) volunteered to participate in the prevention and control of Covid-19.

The Provincial Party Secretary talked and encouraged the staff of the Tropical Disease Center, Provincial General Hospital of Friendship who were working directly in the patient rooms. Photo: Thanh Duy

Immediately after the province decided to establish a team of medical staff to reinforce and support Ha Tinh province in preventing the Covid-19 epidemic, 52 people in the Volunteer Team carried out their tasks for 8 days in the "epidemic centers" from Thach Ha district, Ha Tinh city, Hong Linh town, Loc Ha district, Nghi Xuan district to carry out the task of collecting samples for testing on a large scale for the people.

More than 19,000 samples were taken, of which 6 F0 samples were detected, making a very important contribution to helping Ha Tinh province control the epidemic soon. Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy expressed: The work of the team in Ha Tinh has become a bridge, a beautiful image that further connects the feelings of the people of the two provinces.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and leaders of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and the Department of Health visited and encouraged the officers, doctors and nurses of the Health sector's Volunteer Team. Photo: Thanh Duy

Faced with the situation in Nghe An where the first cases and outbreaks appeared with extremely complicated nature and high risk of spreading widely; without a minute of rest, without a minute of hesitation, without a single complaint or shirking of duty, the team members returned from Ha Tinh and immediately entered a new "battle" in Dien Chau, Vinh City, Nam Dan, Nghi Loc... Up to now, the team has taken samples for testing for nearly 100,000 people.

Expressing pride in the team's activities and contributions, the head of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized: The team's activities are a very specific, vivid, clear, and typical demonstration of the pioneering, direct, core, and vanguard spirit of the health sector in the face of epidemics, especially the Covid-19 epidemic. Thereby, highly appreciating the will, spirit, and leading determination of the team members. "The work you are doing; the actions and spirit you demonstrate enhance the image of the health sector in the eyes of the people," said the Provincial Party Committee Secretary.

Provincial Party Secretary talks with officers, doctors and nurses of the Volunteer Team. Photo: Thanh Duy

Currently, the members of the Team continue to volunteer to join the province's Covid-19 Rapid Response Team. Photo: Thanh Duy

Currently, the members of the Team continue to volunteer to join the province's Covid-19 Rapid Response Team, continuing to participate in the frontline of the epidemic prevention. Therefore, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy requested the health sector to continue to pay attention to the spirit and resources; arrange work in the scientific team to ensure the health of the members; thoroughly and strictly implement the disease prevention and control process. In the context and situation of disease prevention and control, the team members continue to promote their expertise, take quick and accurate measures in the process of performing their tasks.

The Provincial Party Secretary and the delegation presented gifts to the Volunteer Team. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the visited locations, in addition to encouraging the medical staff, on behalf of the provincial leaders, the Provincial Party Secretary sent thanks to the families and relatives of the medical staff for sharing and encouraging them to complete their tasks well.