The information was given by Le Thien Quynh Nhu, deputy head of the municipal Department of Health.
A field hospital in HCM City
By October 31, the city will close two Cu Chi field hospitals 2 and 3 and hospitals 1, 7 and 9.
The city will continue suspending field hospitals 2, 4, 10, 11 and 12 by November 23. Meanwhile, Cu Chi field hospital 1 and hospitals 3, 5, 6, and 8 should be shut by December 31.
However, the city has still maintained the operations of three intensive care centres for Covid-19 patients. The one set up by Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital will be taken over by the HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy and two others established by Bach Mai Hospital and Hue Central Hospital will be transferred to Gia Dinh People’s Hospital and People’s Hospital 115 respectively.
The intensive care centres will then be merged into field hospitals 13, 14, and 16 in the event that Covid-19 cases increase again.
