In response to the complicated developments and danger of storm No. 13 Kalmaegi, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen signed a document to the Department of Health of provinces and cities in the Central region and units under the Ministry of Health in this area, requesting proactive implementation of measures to respond to storms, floods, ensure medical examination and treatment and safety for people.
According to the dispatch, the implementation is based on the Prime Minister's Official Dispatch No. 208/CD-TTg on proactive prevention, avoidance and response to storm No. 13. The Ministry of Health emphasizes the requirement to strictly implement the instructions of the Government, the National Civil Defense Steering Committee and the Ministry of Health, ensuring absolute safety for people in all situations.
24/24 emergency response, ready to treat flood victims
The Ministry of Health requires medical facilities to organize professional duty and emergency duty 24/7, ready to receive and treat victims caused by floods in a timely manner. At the same time, it is necessary to fully prepare essential drugs, chemicals, medical supplies and backup power sources, ensuring that medical work is implemented according to the "4 on-site" motto.
At frontline hospitals, medical staff are always in the mindset of "racing" - racing against time, with death to promptly provide emergency care, transport patients to a safe place.
Proactively protecting medical facilities, preventing epidemics after storms
Localities are required to closely monitor the developments of storms and floods, review response plans, proactively evacuate people and property from areas at risk of flooding and landslides, and protect the safety of medical facilities.
At the same time, the Ministry of Health directs monitoring and responding to the risk of disease outbreaks after floods, strengthening environmental sanitation, ensuring clean water and food safety, preventing epidemics from breaking out during and after the storm.
Timely reporting, close coordination
Central health units are required to report the damage situation, support needs and response capabilities of localities to the Ministry of Health (through the Department of Planning and Finance, Department of Prevention and Control, Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management) for synthesis and submission to competent authorities for timely consideration and support.
The Ministry of Health requests that relevant units urgently coordinate in deploying tasks; all problems should be reported to the Ministry of Health via phone number: 0910.431.927.
