The first hospital in Hanoi to open a clinic for F0

Mr. Do Truong Giang (residing in Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi) had a mother with COVID-19 who had not recovered for a long time, as soon as he heard that Thanh Nhan Hospital was open. clinic for F0 In need, he took his mother to be examined and received treatment by the hospital.

Mr. Giang shared: “My mother is infected with COVID-19, home treatment is also isolated in the room, but now is the 9th day, but my mother’s viral load is still there. My mother is over 60 years old. Then, unfortunately, if I had a bad case, there would be a doctor here to treat me, so I’m very reassured.”

As for the case of Ms. Nguyen Thi Oanh (residing in Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi), she contracted COVID-19 and recovered 1 month ago. However, when her child had a high fever, she couldn’t help but worry when she suspected that she had COVID-19. Although she did a quick test for her baby and got negative results, the fact that the baby’s fever was as high as 40 degrees Celsius and didn’t stop made her decide to take her son to the doctor.

Ms. Oanh said: “The baby had a fever for too long, so I was worried that the quick test results were not standard, not in accordance with the procedure, so I let her come here to examine and take the test”.

These are just two of the hundreds of cases that Thanh Nhan Hospital is receiving examination and consultation every day. To serve patients who are F0 and suspected infected patients, the hospital has built a closed process from screening to doing related tests and paying hospital fees in a separate isolated area, avoiding affecting to routine medical care.

BSCKII. Nguyen Thu Huong, Head of the COVID-19 Prevention and Control Unit, Thanh Nhan Hospital said: “F0 is being treated at home but has not been able to access medical care, has clinical symptoms, can come to the hospital. Or patient F0 at home, COVID-19 symptoms are not severe but need to be examined for underlying medical conditions or acute illness, abnormal development can also come for examination.”

“We currently have 4 internal, external, obstetric and pediatric clinics that can receive all F0 patients in Hanoi or elsewhere. When they come to the clinic, patients will be tested for stratification. If the patient is mild, he or she will be advised to go home for monitoring. In case the patient is at risk of serious changes, the doctor will appoint a hospital for treatment,” added Dr. Huong.

In operation for 2 weeks now, the clinic receives on average 70-80 patients/day, sometimes over 100 F/day, of which the number of patients assigned to be hospitalized accounts for about 30-40%. .

According to recommendations from doctors, F0 who needs to go to the hospital for examination should use personal vehicles, wear masks and minimize contact.