Ministry of Health supports lifebuoys and medicine for 4 provinces affected by floods

The Ministry of Health has asked three pharmaceutical companies to support rescue vehicles, medicine, and rescue efforts for the central provinces hit by floods in recent days.

On October 16, the Ministry of Health supported the Health Departments of Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces; each province received 200 life buoys, 2 life rafts, 50 sets of flood and storm prevention medicine, 100,000 chloramine B disinfectant tablets, and 125 life jackets. The Health Department of Quang Binh province was additionally supported with 2 16 m2 tents.

Many places in Ha Tinh and Quang Binh are still heavily flooded after the flood that lasted for 4 days. Photo: Duc Hung.

The Department of Health of the provinces in the North Central region and the units under the Ministry in this region deploy medical work to overcome the consequences of floods and storms.Develop a response plan to overcome the consequences of storms and floods, and prevent major floods, landslides, flash floods, and inundation. Departments of Health deploy plans to protect or relocate medical facilities, ensuring the safety of patients and medical staff in low-lying areas and areas at risk of flooding and landslides.

Medical facilities carry out environmental sanitation, food safety, and communication to prevent diseases that may arise after floods such as dengue fever, diarrhea, and pink eye. Organize on-duty and emergency teams, be ready to provide first aid to victims; establish mobile emergency teams that are always ready to respond to lower-level emergencies.

The floods in the past four days in the central provinces have left 21 people dead and eight missing, with Quang Binh being the most severely affected.While the floods in the Central region have not yet completely receded, it is forecasted that on October 19, storm Sarika will likely directly affect the Central region, causing a new wave of floods.

According to VNE