The flight transporting the Vietnamese workers from Equatorial Guinea arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on July 29. The passengers were then moved to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases’ branch in Dong Anh District.
The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases' branch in Dong Anh District
This is the largest number of Covid-19 patients the hospital has treated so far.The Infectious Disease Ward has been assigned to serve 40 patients. Dam Thi Phuong said that this is the second time she has been mobilised for the treatment of Covid-19 patients. She and her colleagues will be quarantined at the hospital for five weeks.
All other patients at the Dong Anh branch have been moved to the hospital’s branch on Giai Phong Street, Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung District, to give the way for Covid-19 patients.
Since this afternoon, Dong Anh Branch has only received Covid-19 patients and suspected ones.
The isolation area
400 sick beds of the hospital used for the Covid-19 treatment
The Infectious Disease Ward
Guiding signs to the isolation area
The Emergency Ward
Seven staff have been on duty to arrange rooms for the flight patients
Dr Tran Van Bac, deputy head of the Emergency Ward, checks medical equipment
