Department of Health inspects Covid-19 quarantine, treatment and prevention areas in 4 districts and towns

Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Dinh Chinh checks the patient admission plan at Quynh Luu General Hospital. Photo: Thanh Chung

In the face of the epidemicCovid-19The situation is very complicated and unpredictable. On the afternoon of April 30, Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Dinh Chinh - Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of the province, Director of Nghe An Department of Health inspected and urged the work of epidemic prevention and control at the quarantine and treatment areas of Hoang Mai town, Quynh Luu, Yen Thanh and Dien Chau districts.

Checking the treatment plan for a patient at Quynh Luu District General Hospital. Photo: Thanh Chung

The delegation paid special attention to inspecting, directing and guiding the implementation of screening plans, patient reception as well as isolation for treatment of patients.Covid-19and suspected Covid-19 patients.

The inspection team inspected patient screening at Hoang Mai Town Medical Center. Photo: Thanh Chung

Units must strictly implement screening, triage, isolation and testing for suspected cases; require mandatory medical declarations for patients and their relatives, keep the declarations, absolutely do not let high-risk cases enter the hospital; strictly control people entering and exiting, limit as much as possible the visits and care of patients' relatives... review and re-evaluate the set of criteria for hospitals that are safe in preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic.

Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Dinh Chinh requested that medical units in 4 districts and towns need to continue to review and re-evaluate all plans and measures to prevent and control the epidemic at their units. Photo: Thanh Chung

For Covid-19 patients treated at medical facilities, when they are eligible for discharge, the treatment facility is required to carry out discharge procedures according to regulations. For patients who are subject to centralized isolation, have other diseases and are indicated to be transferred to medical isolation facilities with negative test results for SARS-CoV-2, when they are cured but the isolation period has not yet ended, the medical facility shall preside and coordinate with the isolation facility to transport the patient back to the centralized isolation area to continue isolation for the prescribed period.

The delegation inspected the Medical Stations of Dien Ngoc Commune (Dien Chau), Nhan Thanh and Hung Thanh (Yen Thanh) where F1 cases of Covid-19 patients are being quarantined. Photo: Thanh Chung

As planned, on the morning of May 1, the working group of the Department of Health will continue to inspect the following units: Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, Nghe An Lung Hospital and medical units in Thanh Chuong district./.