Request medical facilities to be ready to provide free emergency care to storm victims

(Baonghean.vn) - The Department of Health has issued an official dispatch requesting medical units to strictly respond to storm No. 10.

Official dispatch from Nghe An Department of Health to medical units to proactively respond to storm No. 10. Photo: Thanh Son

To proactively prevent and respond to the complicated developments of storm No. 10, on September 13, Nghe An Department of Health issued Official Dispatch No. 2259 on actively preparing to respond to storm No. 10.

The content of the document clearly states: Requiring directors of public and non-public medical facilities to fully implement the 2017 flood and storm prevention and search and rescue plan of the health sector and the unit.

Medical facilities organize 24/7 emergency response teams, ready to receive and provide free emergency care to victims of floods. Mobile emergency response teams are always ready to respond to lower levels when ordered. Provincial units prepare medicines, chemicals, equipment, vehicles and assign mobile teams to be on duty 24/7, ready to support localities in overcoming the consequences of floods.

Cua Lo Medical Center prepares medicine for storms, floods and natural disasters. Photo: Thanh Son

Low-lying areas at risk of flooding and storms must have proactive evacuation plans to ensure patient safety and continue to carry out medical examination, treatment and emergency care for patients. Mountainous district health centers direct commune health stations in areas at risk of landslides, flash floods and flash floods to advise the commune People's Committee to prepare facilities, medicines and human resources to be ready to mobilize to serve the people.

Instructions for people on water treatment during flood season in Nam Cuong commune, Nam Dan district. Photo: Thanh Son

The Department of Health also requested: After the storm ends, provincial hospitals must be ready to increase professional staff, medicine and medical equipment to support lower-level units in providing emergency care to patients and victims.

Medical units closely monitor, promptly prevent and organize treatment and handling of epidemics; organize propaganda and mobilize people to clean the environment, treat water for daily life, handle dead livestock and poultry, and sanitation works./.

Thanh Son