The health sector is ready to fight storm number 5.
Accordingly, the Department of Health of provinces and cities from Quang Ninh to Gia Lai will arrange for Department leaders to be on duty 24/7; direct and be responsible for supervising and inspecting affiliated hospitals to be ready to respond to emergency situations before, during and after the storm.
Announce the command hotline number to units and ensure 24/7 communication to promptly direct subordinate units to be ready to participate in rescue when mobilized; receive and process emergency information promptly.
Implement disaster response plans at the unit; ensure human resources, medicines, chemicals, medical equipment, and emergency vehicles to be ready to support when required.
Direct hospitals in the area under their management to review facilities and medical equipment, especially in areas at risk of flooding and landslides, to ensure hospital safety according to regulations and instructions of the Ministry of Health ; coordinate with relevant agencies and units in the area to deploy storm prevention and control plans, ensuring timeliness and safety.
Be ready to coordinate with Central hospitals in case of need for support, ensuring timeliness and effectiveness.
For hospitals and institutes with beds under the Ministry of Health, provincial and municipal general hospitals: Prepare human resources, ambulances, equipment, drugs, and consumables for at least 2 mobile emergency teams (note the number of facilities serving trauma emergencies); the mobile emergency team has a Decision assigning specific tasks with a contact list, on duty 24/7, ready to respond to provinces affected by the storm when ordered to mobilize.
Hospitals in areas predicted to be affected by the storm need to have plans to proactively evacuate patients, medical equipment, and medicines to solid areas that can withstand the impact of the storm; move seriously ill patients, ventilators, and other emergency resuscitation equipment to higher floors to avoid flooding; apply measures to secure and secure medical equipment, doors, windows, etc. to avoid being displaced by storm winds, causing casualties and secondary damage.
Prepare backup generators and enough fuel to maintain power supply for emergency and treatment.
Hospitals in areas predicted to be affected by the storm are provided with additional medicines, equipment, and vehicles to provide emergency care for direct or indirect injuries caused by collapses and burials, and to respond to high casualty situations. Have plans, medicines, equipment, emergency vehicles, and personnel available to set up field emergency stations in areas with high terrain, avoiding flooding when necessary.
Mobilize all hospital personnel to participate in providing emergency support for mass casualties at the hospital and outside the hospital; classify victims to prioritize emergency care in emergency situations, and classify patients at risk of contracting respiratory and digestive infections to avoid further spread of disease in the hospital.
Storm No. 5 made landfall from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri on the afternoon of August 25.
According to the latest news from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 4:00 p.m. on August 24, the center of storm No. 5 was at 17.6 degrees North latitude, 109.9 degrees East longitude, 470km from Nghe An, 450km from Ha Tinh, and 390km from Quang Tri to the East.
The storm is moving west at 20 km/h. The strongest wind is level 13-14 (134-166 km/h), gusting to level 16 and is likely to strengthen further.
At 4:00 a.m. on August 25, the storm moved in a West-Northwest direction at a speed of about 20 km/h, entering the South of Bac Bo Gulf. It is 240 km from Nghe An, 210 km from Ha Tinh, and 140 km from Quang Tri. Intensity: level 13-14, gusting to level 16.
Level 3 risk warning in the North East Sea, Gulf of Tonkin, sea area of South Quang Tri - Hue (Hon Ngu, Con Co); level 4 risk in coastal areas of Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri.
At 4:00 p.m. on August 25, the storm was on land from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri (18.5 degrees North latitude, 105.6 degrees East longitude). The intensity decreased to level 11-12, gusting to level 14.
Level 3 risk warning in the Gulf of Tonkin, sea area from South Quang Tri to Hue; level 4 risk in mainland Thanh Hoa to North Quang Tri and coastal area from Thanh Hoa to Quang Tri.
At 4:00 p.m. on August 26, the storm moved to Central Laos and weakened rapidly, with an intensity below level 6.
Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/ung-pho-bao-so-5-bo-y-te-yeu-cau-truc-cap-cuu-24-24-gio-khong-de-gian-doan-dieu-tri-trong-bao-102250824183210341.htm
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