Hospitals in Dong Nai are providing more healthcare services such as tests and treatment for people at their home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hospitals in Dong Nai are providing more healthcare services such as tests and treatment for people at their home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Phan Van Huyen, director of Long Khanh Regional General Hospital in the province’s Long Khanh city, people can call the hospital hotline and the hospital will send health staff to provide counselling at their homes.
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| Health staff at a hospital in Dong Nai Province check body temperatures and provide counselling about COVID-19 to patients and their parents. — Photo syt.dongnai.gov.vn |
If they need tests, the health staff will take samples for testing at the hospital. The hospital will send the test results to patients’ emails and then connect them to doctors for counselling.
The cost for the healthcare service is VND100,000 (US$4.2) more than a hospital visit.
The service is especially designed for seniors who have severe diseases and cannot go to the hospital, or for those who have illnesses but would prefer to not go to the hospital to avoid infections.
The hospital has received up to nearly 100 calls each day to book these services.
Dong Nai Children’s Hospital has a customer service division that calls parents to remind them of their children's follow-up exams and to ask about patients’ health and provide counselling.
Nguyen Thị Ly Ly, head of the cardiovascular diseases department at the hospital, said that Wednesdays and Thursdays are scheduled for patients who have follow-up exams.
However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents have not brought their children for follow-up exams.
Truong Thi Tinh of the province’s Long Thanh District said she was reluctant to take her child to the hospital, so the hospital’s health staff called and scheduled another appointment for his follow-up exam.
Doctors at Dong Nai General Hospital and Long Thanh Regional General Hospital are giving two months' worth of medicine instead of one week.
The provincial Department of Health has instructed private hospitals and health clinics to have plans to store medicine and medical materials.
(Source:VNS)
