The Intensive Care and Anti-Poison Department of Quang Ngai General Hospital is where patients are given priority for special care and their relatives are not allowed to enter. This means that the work here is always under great pressure, especially during the 9-day Lunar New Year holiday in 2025. The doctors and nurses in the department are ready to work through Tet with a sense of responsibility, all for the health of the patients.
Speaking to reporters, Dr. Tran Khac Vinh - Head of the Department of Intensive Care and Anti-Poisoning - said: "We have fully prepared equipment to be ready to treat patients. Almost every year during the Lunar New Year, the Department of Intensive Care and Anti-Poisoning has to work more than usual."
In previous years, the emergency room of Quang Ngai General Hospital received about 250-300 patients per day during the Tet holiday. Therefore, from the beginning of December, the Outpatient Department planned to increase the number of shifts from 3 to 4. The department also arranged forces to respond to urgent emergencies or mass accidents.
Doctor Tran Trung Quang - Department of Examination and Emergency, Provincial General Hospital - shared: "We are on duty 24/7 and have increased our staff compared to normal days. The hospital's 115 emergency team is also working at 100% capacity, always ready to rescue patients when needed."
Patients admitted to the hospital during Tet are mainly serious cases, traffic accidents and food poisoning. It is forecasted that the number of patients may increase during Tet, so the departments have made flexible adjustments between inpatients and outpatients. Quang Ngai General Hospital has directed departments and rooms to review all items such as human resources, drugs, blood, infusion fluids, etc. to ensure adequate provision of equipment and means to promptly handle hospitalizations.
Doctor Nguyen Thi Minh Hien - Head of the Department of Artificial Kidney, Provincial General Hospital - said: "During the Lunar New Year 2025, the number of patients coming for treatment was very large, and there was a shortage of machinery, but we still tried our best to meet the dialysis needs of patients, helping them to be able to return home to reunite with their families during Tet."
Doctor Le Van Thieu - Director of Quang Ngai General Hospital - added: "In order to ensure that emergency and treatment work is not interrupted during the Tet holidays, the hospital has developed a specific plan and prepared enough medicine, medical supplies as well as human resources to work throughout Tet."
At the Quang Ngai Province Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital, the Tet duty schedule was announced to staff 15 days in advance, so that staff in departments and rooms could proactively arrange their time to fully and seriously implement it. The hospital leaders also thoroughly instructed staff to strictly follow medical ethics, improve service spirit and quality of patient care, especially paying attention to communication skills and behavior between medical staff and patients and their families, while strictly implementing technical regulations.
