Two medical facilities received level 4 protective equipment on the morning of August 21, including Covid-19 field hospitals No. 3 and No. 10, in Thu Duc City, each with 1,500 sets.
Doctor Vo Thanh Hung, Deputy Director of Covid-19 Field Hospital No. 3, said the hospital was established based on a resettlement area, so all support at this time is very valuable.
“We currently have 130 doctors and nurses treating 1,500 patients, and will soon set up 200 emergency resuscitation beds. Therefore, receiving additional support for level 4 protective gear and N95 masks is very good, helping Waterproof, prevents droplets when doctors and nurses come into contact with F0,” Dr. Hung shared.
In addition to level 4 protective gear, nearly 8,000 N95 masks will also be sent by the Hope Fund and OCB Bank to these two field hospitals in the coming days. This is a support gift after OCB launched a campaign to change the profile photo frame on Facebook to raise funds. With 20,000 representative photo frames replaced after the campaign, this bank donated 500 million VND to the Hope Fund to support protective equipment including protective gear and masks for the epidemic center.
Sent along with thousands of protective items were bottles of mineral water with attached cards of wishes, sharing, and encouragement, which OCB provided as a bridge to front-line doctors and nurses. “Thank you for the silent sacrifices of the front-line soldiers, who have brought us confidence and peace in the past few days. We will definitely overcome this pandemic,” said a bank customer. send.
Previously, the Hope Fund also donated many machines, medical equipment, level 4 protective equipment, N95 masks… worth more than 4 billion VND to 13 Covid-19 treatment hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City with About 2,500 health workers benefited. This is an activity within the program “Supporting the epidemic center” to support front-line medical forces, launched by the fund in May, in parallel with the program to support difficult situations due to the impact of Covid. -19.
To support frontline forces, individuals and businesses can accompany the “Supporting the epidemic center” program.
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