Mobile medical stations important role in pandemic control

Tạ Nam Chiến, chairman of the Ba Đình District People’s Co妹妹ittee, said all of the mobile medical stations volunteers feel the responsibility of supporting their co妹妹unity. 

According to the Hà Nội Department of Health, since mobile medical stations were founded in the capital city, more than  二, 六00 volunteers registered to work.

Their work includes inputting data, giving guidance to patients at home, taking samples for tests and supporting vaccination.

Nguyễn Thị Phương Hoa,  二 六, is a pre-school teacher. While her students have not come back school due to COVID- 一 九, she volunteered to work for the COVID- 一 九 mobile medical station of Yên Thường Co妹妹une in Gia Lâm District.

Being the only woman in the station, Hoa was assigned lighter work. Every day, she received goods and food from residents to give to people being quarantined at the station.

“My work is easy but there are still risks. I am still determined to work,” she said.

Ngô Văn Được and Nguyễn Văn Khanh are both war veterans. They are volunteering to work for the Dương Xá District’s mobile medical station.

“We worked in battlefields during the war. We understand the value of life so we volunteered to work here. We want to contribute our little part in the battle against the pandemic,” said Khanh.

Chairman of the Hoài Đức District People’s Co妹妹ittee Nguyễn Hoàng Trường said that the district took advantage of co妹妹unity houses, schools and apartments to set up mobile medical stations to actively cope with the complicated COVID- 一 九 situation.

The stations ensure that patients do not have to travel far for treatment while easing pressure on hospitals, he said.

There are now  五0 八 mobile medical stations in Hà Nội across every district. 

Director of the Hà Nội Department of Health Trần Thị Nhị Hà said despite obstacles, workers at the stations are flexibly adapting to the situation.

An important role

The Hà Nội People’s Co妹妹ittee on December  一 七 issued a direction about strengthening solutions for COVID- 一 九 prevention and control during the Tết holiday, stressing the role of grassroots medical forces and mobile stations.

After supervising and checking the work of patient treatment, Deputy Minister of Health Đỗ Xuân Tuyên praised the work of mobile stations in Hà Nội.

The stations helped reduce overcrowding in hospitals and limited the number of patients at collective quarantine centres, reducing the risk of cross-infection. Home treatment has also helped save on travel, meals and other services, he said.

Tuyên confirmed that the mobile medical stations are playing an important role in the city's response to the ongoing COVID situation.  

The Government has always maintained that medical force at a grass-roots level is the foundation of the national medical system. Especially now, grassroots medical forces are on the frontline, close to residents and ensuring their health is taken care of at home.

The Ministry of Health will work with the Government to plan for improving the capacity of medical forces at a grassroots level.

Deputy Minister Tuyên said that if cases in Hà Nội continue to increase, even above  四,000 a day, mobile medical stations will still be able to manage and be effective.

Now that most residents of Hà Nội have received two doses of vaccine, they will have lighter symptoms if they test positive. Mobile stations can continue to give them consultancy and treatment at home.

Tuyên said that the stations should improve information technology applications to further improve their work. — VNS