HCM City opens additional hospital for Covid-19 treatment

The HCM City Department of Health has decided to turn a local medical centre into a special infirmary for treating Covid-19 patients.

The HCM City Department of Health has decided to turn a local medical centre into a special infirmary for treating Covid-19 patients.

The Can Gio Medical Centre in Can Gio District will be turned into a 300-bed hospital.

   

The Can Gio Medical Centre in Can Gio District will be turned into a 300-bed hospital

The hospital, which has been put into operation from today, March 16, receives people from quarantine areas with Covid-19 suspected symptoms such as fever and cough.

The hospital is divided into three areas namely for people who wait for being tested; those who are tested positive for Covid-19 and those who are tested negative for the virus.

Medical staff from Thu Duc Hospital, District 2 Hospital and the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases will be mobilised rotationally to support the treatment of this hospital.

Many other hospitals in HCM City also provide Covid-19 treatment, including the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, paediatrics hospitals and general hospitals in districts.