Vietnam: Vinh Long - Temperatur monitoring daily for contacts of 2 patients that died #H1N1

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6/21/13

Prior complicated of A/H1N1 flu in the area with 2 patients died, Vinh Long Department of Health has purchased 500 rounds emergency treatment medications Tamiflu for treatment and prevention, care priorities, the treatment, advocacy, prevention, epidemic accordance with the procedures and guidelines of the Ministry of Health specialist, Department of Preventive Medicine and Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City.

Vinh Long enhance communication so that people do not know how confused and prevention; reviewing and consolidating operations in the BCD preventive-market all-in 8 districts, 107 communes-ward-town and epidemic prevention team maneuver.preventive health system in the province, especially in Mang Thít District and Vinh Long City 2 had local H1N1 deaths increase testing, close monitoring, early detection, timely treatment and environment temperature monitoring daily prescribed for those exposed to 2 patients died of A/H1N1 flu. Province prepared epidemic maneuver forces , the number of drugs, chemical disinfection to ensure thorough handling the outbreak.

The provincial hospitals and district-to-market plans prepared when disease, assigning 24/24 hours; prepare enough where isolation, collection and treatment of timely and regimen of the Health. Particularly Provincial Hospital, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Aluminum Director said: The hospital has established Steering and prevention of influenza A team of nearly 20 doctors and nurses, nursing; 20 beds for in Science Spread - infection (50% of the department's bed) for the receipt, collection, isolating, treating infected or suspected cases of influenza A. If an outbreak, the hospital will spend the entire 40-bed infectious diseases department for combating infectious epidemic.
 

The health sector Vinh Long advised people to enhance personal hygiene, if you have signs such as fever, sore throat, cough, headache, fatigue, rapid progression, require immediate medical facilities to be examination, monitor and treat promptly.

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